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Agile and Waterfall are two popular methods for organizing projects. What describes any Agile network design development process?
The correct answer is A. working design over comprehensive documentation. The Agile Manifesto explicitly prioritizes working software over comprehensive documentation as one of its four core values.
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Agile and Waterfall are two popular methods for organizing projects. What describes any Agile network design development process?
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- Aworking design over comprehensive documentation
- Bcontract negotiation over customer collaboration
- Cprocesses and tools over individuals and interactions over time
- Dfollowing a plan over responding to change
How the community answered
(33 responses)- A94% (31)
- B3% (1)
- D3% (1)
Why each option
The Agile Manifesto explicitly prioritizes working software over comprehensive documentation as one of its four core values.
The Agile Manifesto states 'working software over comprehensive documentation' as a core value, meaning a functional and deployable design is given higher priority than exhaustive written specifications, which directly characterizes any Agile development process.
The Agile Manifesto values customer collaboration over contract negotiation, so stating 'contract negotiation over customer collaboration' directly inverts this Agile principle and instead describes a more rigid, contractual approach.
The Agile Manifesto values 'individuals and interactions over processes and tools,' so stating 'processes and tools over individuals and interactions' is the opposite of the Agile value and better describes a tool-centric or bureaucratic methodology.
The Agile Manifesto values 'responding to change over following a plan,' so stating 'following a plan over responding to change' describes the Waterfall methodology's plan-driven approach, not Agile.
Concept tested: Agile Manifesto core values vs Waterfall approach
Source: https://agilemanifesto.org/
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