When the final 10% of a project takes longer than planned, how can agile measurements improve on predictive measurements?

Agile measurements improve upon predictive measurements by emphasizing the continuous delivery of incremental, working products to the customer. This approach allows for early feedback and adaptation, preventing the accumulation of unresolved issues that can cause the final stages of a project to drag on. Predictive methods often rely on a single, large delivery at the end, making late-stage delays more impactful and harder to recover from. While daily standups, burnup charts, and iterative meetings are valuable agile practices, their primary benefit in this context is that they support the core agile principle of incremental delivery, which is the fundamental difference in how agile addresses late-stage project challenges compared to predictive approaches.