Which concept eliminates handoffs and delays that traditional development methods used?

• A. CI/CD
• B. Continuous Integration
• C. Sandbox (Development Environment)
• D. Continuous Delivery

Answer: (A)

Automating the software delivery pipeline to continuously integrate code changes and deliver them through automated stages eliminates handoffs and delays that traditional development methods used. With continuous integration, every code change is built and tested automatically, catching integration issues early and preventing large, error-prone merges. With continuous delivery, the codebase stays in a deployable state, so releasing to production can happen quickly and reliably without waiting for manual release steps. Together, CI/CD creates a streamlined, repeatable flow from commit to deployment, reducing cycle times and risk. The other options don’t fully capture this end-to-end automation: a sandbox is just a separate testing space; continuous integration alone focuses on merging changes and automated tests but doesn’t inherently automate deployment; continuous delivery ensures deployability but doesn’t unify the full automated integration and release pipeline.