When Dalemend Inc. started manufacturing gaming consoles, it had difficulties with performance growth. Over time, the consoles began performing well, and the company's growth rate became rapid. However, after this period of rapid growth, the performance growth rate began to drop again. In the context of technology cycles, this scenario best illustrates .

The correct answer is the S-curve pattern of innovation.

Explanation:

The S curve is a graphical tool that can help us to monitor, control and therefore evaluate performance in order to apply the necessary corrections. It is the advance curve or "S" curve. This curve represents in a project the actual progress with respect to the planned one on a given cut-off date, which can be the current one or a past one. The curve is called "S" because of its shape, precisely from that letter. Normally, at the beginning of the project there is a trend of low costs that are accumulated and grow as the project is executed, in the end these costs decrease. The first version of the S Curve is created from the approved schedule and initial budget. Subsequently, it must be updated as the project progresses and changes are made as required. The objective is to detect existing deviations and take measures to correct them.

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