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What applications? A bit more specifics?

Apps can not be zero maintenance by definition. Apps are literally alive, apps mature, evolve, get older, there will always be some kind of maintenance. As world changes, apps change with it.

If ZERO maintenance is a HARD requirement, then think about total isolation. No packaging, and NO ENVIRONMENT CHANGES. With constant, isolated env, it is possible to have a minimal maintenance app.

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also FYI, with zero maintenance requirement Agile approach will not work. Throw anything agile out of the door, you need a strict top to bottom waterfall with set requirements.

Another argument that Agile can not be a hammer for every nail. Common sense with project management and architecture is extremely important.

You’re product will be developed at some point - that is when it doesn’t matter how the product was built. Agile is not an indefinite process.

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