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What Agile Methods Are Best Suited For

publish date: 2026/06/02 10:35:28.425167 UTC

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Agile methods have been very successful for certain types of system development. Which two types are identified? Select both.

Product development where a software company is developing a small or medium-sized product for sale

Safety-critical embedded systems with complex timing requirements

Custom system development within an organisation where the customer is committed to being involved and there are not a lot of external rules and regulations

Very large distributed systems where multiple teams work in different time zones

Correct Answer

(1) Product development where a software company is developing a small or medium-sized product for sale

(2) Custom system development within an organisation where the customer is committed to being involved and there are not a lot of external rules and regulations

Explanation

Agile methods have been very successful for: (1) product development where a software company develops a small or medium-sized product for sale; and (2) custom system development within an organisation where there is a clear commitment from the customer to be involved and where there are not a lot of external rules and regulations that affect the software.

Reference

Software Engineering, Ian Sommerville, 9th edition

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