Compared to waterfall, which characteristic is typical of agile development?

Higher flexibility to accommodate changing requirements

More detailed up-front requirements documentation

Single delivery at the end of the project

Lower customer involvement during development

A network operations team is using a Kanban board to manage incident response and change requests. They want to ensure that urgent incidents are handled immediately while still making progress on longer-term automation projects. Which practice is most aligned with lean and agile principles?

Ignore the incident and focus on the automation project

Create a separate waterfall project for incidents

Use WIP limits and a priority queue for incidents

Freeze all work until the incident is resolved

In the waterfall model, what is the primary characteristic of the transition from one phase to the next?

Each phase must be fully completed and formally reviewed before the next phase starts.

Phases overlap and are revisited based on continuous feedback.

Phases are executed in parallel to shorten the overall schedule.

The team can move to the next phase once a prototype is approved by the customer.

In lean software development, which practice is used to limit work in progress and improve flow?

Detailed phase-gate reviews before each stage

Pair programming and test-driven development

Daily stand-up meetings and sprint retrospectives

Kanban boards with work-in-progress limits

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4. Compare Software Development Methods (agile, Lean, and Waterfall) 200-901 Practice Questions (Page 6)

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A network engineering team is building a new automation framework. The customer is unsure about some features and expects to provide feedback after seeing early prototypes. The team wants to deliver a minimal viable product quickly and then iterate. Which development method should they choose?
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A network operations team is using a Kanban board to manage incident response and change requests. They want to ensure that urgent incidents are handled immediately while still making progress on longer-term automation projects. Which practice is most aligned with lean and agile principles?
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