'It's lots of bits of paper and ticks and post-it notes and things. ': A case study of a rapid application development project

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 195-216

  Beynon Davies, Paul ^a   Mackay, Hugh ^a,b   Tudhope, Douglas ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0034422324     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2575.2000.00080.x     Document Type: Article

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