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Incremental development and organizational procedures

publish date: 2026/05/29 08:22:42.385075 UTC

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Large organizations often have established bureaucratic procedures.

Why can these procedures create problems for incremental or agile processes?

They may be designed for document-heavy, phase-based processes and not align with informal, iterative approaches.

They always require the use of incremental development.

They are only concerned with hardware development, not software.

They eliminate the need for any process model.

Correct Answer

They may be designed for document-heavy, phase-based processes and not align with informal, iterative approaches.

Explanation

Existing procedures may mandate specific documents and approvals that conflict with the lighter-weight documentation typical of incremental or agile processes.

Reference

Software Engineering, Ian Sommerville, 9th edition

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