Flexible and distributed software processes: Old petunias in new bowls?

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 27-34

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BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS; DEVELOPMENT COSTS; SOFTWARE ORGANIZATIONS;

COSTS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33749545966     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 00010782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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