Software development as organizational conversation: Analogy as a systems intervention

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 349-358

  Day, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Analogy; Cohesive simplicity; Empowerment; Environmental fallacy; Language based intervention; Loose complexity; Metaphor; Organizational conversation; Project management; Software crisis; Software process; Systems approach; Systems dynamics; User involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034341640     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1743(200007/08)17:4<349::AID-SRES311>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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