On the adaptation of an agile information systems development method

Journal of Database Management

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 24-40

  Aydin, Mehmet N ^a   Harmsen, Frank ^a,b,c,d   Van Slooten, Kees ^a   Stegwee, Robert A ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b CAPGEMINI   (Netherlands)

^c Capgemini IT Performance Consulting

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e Board of HL7   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agile method; Information systems development; Method adaptation; Method engineering

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

AGILE METHOD; INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT; METHOD ADAPTATION; METHOD ENGINEERING;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 27144460861     PISSN: 10638016     EISSN: 10638016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jdm.2005100102     Document Type: Article

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