In light of these arguments, we seek to answer the following two research questions:
1. To what extent is a hybrid approach combining agile and traditional methods used in practice? In this context, we define a method as an approach to managing a software project that uses a set of software development practices in a certain way; examples of methods are Scrum, Waterfall, and Feature Driven Development (see Section 3 for a complete list of methods considered).
2. What practices are used by projects that employ such a hybrid approach? A practice is a particular technique for developing software, such as pair programming or model-driven development, that may be part of many different methods (see Section 4 for the list of practices considered).

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