Scaling Scrum Across Modern Enterprises

Assessments

This section is for answers to questions from all chapters.

Chapter 1 – Origins of Agile and Lightweight Methodologies

1. What makes software development unique from the development of other large, complex products, such as ships, utilities, bridges, roads, or buildings?
   • Software addresses functional business and user needs that are always changing, and modern software development practice supports the evolution of software to address those changing needs.
2. Why do plan-driven and linear-sequential development practices often fail when developing software?
   • Often referred to as the Waterfall development model, plan-driven and linear-sequential development practices assume customer and end user needs don't change, and that architectures ...