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Incremental development and risk management

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Incremental development can also help manage project risk.

Which of the following is a risk-related advantage of incremental development?

All risks are postponed until the final increment.

High-risk or critical functionality can be implemented in early increments to validate feasibility.

Risk is ignored because increments are small.

Only low-risk features are implemented first, leaving critical ones to the end.

High-risk or critical functionality can be implemented in early increments to validate feasibility.

By tackling high-risk features early, teams can discover feasibility issues sooner and adjust plans accordingly.

Software Engineering, Ian Sommerville, 9th edition