Agile practices reduce distance in gloral software development

Information Systems Management

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 7-18

  Holmström, Helena ^a,b   Fitzgerald, Brian ^a,c   Ågerfalk, Pär J ^a,d   Conchúir, Eoin Ó ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c SCIENCE FOUNDATION IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGILE PRACTICES; CONTROL PROBLEMS; EXTREME PROGRAMMING; GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT;

HARDWARE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 33745654595     PISSN: 10580530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1201/1078.10580530/46108.23.3.20060601/93703.2     Document Type: Article

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