A sociotechnical approach towards alignment

Software Process Improvement and Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 427-439

  Taxén, Lars ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Activity Domain Theory; Alignment; Common understanding; Coordination; Workpractice

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

ACTIVITY DOMAIN THEORY; COMMON UNDERSTANDING; COORDINATION; WORKPRACTICES;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 29144475109     PISSN: 10774866     EISSN: 10991670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/spip.245     Document Type: Article

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