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

Question

Options

• AFast
• BIncreasing
• CSustainable

• B
  5% (1)
• C
  95% (21)

Explanation

Agile's 8th principle explicitly states that sponsors, developers, and users should maintain a sustainable pace indefinitely - the goal is a rhythm the team can keep up without burning out or accumulating technical debt. Option A (Fast) is wrong because speed alone often leads to shortcuts, rework, and team exhaustion, which undermines long-term delivery. Option B (Increasing) is wrong because Agile doesn't call for ever-accelerating velocity - that's unsustainable by definition and contradicts the principle entirely.

Memory tip: Think of sustainable pace like marathon running - Agile teams are marathoners, not sprinters. The word "sustainable" even appears verbatim in the Agile Manifesto's principles, so if you see it as a choice, it's almost always the answer when pace or rhythm is the topic.

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