According to Agile principles, what should be the pace of development?

Question

Options

• AFast
• BIncreasing
• CSustainable

• A
  3% (1)
• B
  3% (1)
• C
  93% (27)

Explanation

Agile's 12 principles explicitly state that sponsors, developers, and users should maintain a sustainable pace indefinitely - the idea being that a team working at a healthy, consistent cadence produces better software and avoids burnout over the long run. Fast (A) is wrong because speed without sustainability leads to technical debt, errors, and eventual slowdown; Agile prioritizes steady delivery over sprinting. Increasing (B) is wrong because Agile doesn't expect velocity to perpetually grow - teams stabilize at a healthy rhythm, and artificially pushing for ever-faster output undermines quality and morale.

Memory tip: Think of Agile like marathon running, not sprinting - a pace you can maintain indefinitely is the goal, not the fastest possible pace.

No community discussion yet for this question.