The impact of the Abilene Paradox on double-loop learning in an agile team

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 552-563

  McAvoy, John ^a   Butler, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Participant observation; Qualitative approach; Social factors; Triple loop learning; XP adoption

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; DECISION MAKING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; QUALITATIVE APPROACH; SOCIAL FACTORS; TRIPLE-LOOP LEARNING; XP ADOPTION;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 34247172607     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2007.02.012     Document Type: Article

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