According to thePMI Agile Practice Guide (Section 5.2 Requirements and User Stories)andMike Griffiths' PMI-ACP Exam Prep Book (Chapter 6: Adaptive Planning),epics are large user storiesthat must be decomposed into smaller user stories for accurate planning and inclusion in sprints.
Thetwo main driversfor breaking down epics are:
* Size- Epics are typically too large to be completed in a single iteration and must be divided to create manageable pieces of work.
* Priority- High-priority epics are decomposed early to allow the team to work on the most valuable items first.
This makesOption Athe correct answer. The decision to decompose the epic is based on the need to fit it into sprint capacity and to align with backlog prioritization.