During a sprint review, the product sponsor asks the Scrum team why they insist on releasing a small, potentially shippable slice of the product every few weeks instead of waiting for a single large release at the end of the project. Which outcome represents the primary benefit of delivering work iteratively and incrementally in an agile environment?
It postpones system integration and testing until the last iteration, reducing overhead during early sprints.
It maximises opportunities for inspection and stakeholder feedback, allowing the team to adjust the product to real customer needs while work is still under way.
It locks the scope early, enabling the team to generate a detailed schedule that remains stable for the rest of the project.
It guarantees that team velocity will remain constant because each iteration contains an identical amount of effort.
Delivering in short, incremental slices maximises the team's chances to inspect the work with stakeholders and gather real-time feedback. The team can then adapt the backlog and technical approach while the cost of change is still low, ensuring that the evolving product remains aligned with genuine customer needs and market conditions. The other options describe behaviours that either lock the project into an early plan, defer essential testing and integration, or assume that velocity is constant-none of which are inherent benefits of an iterative, incremental approach.
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