What lessons can the agile community learn from a maverick fighter pilot?

Proceedings - AGILE Conference, 2006

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 94-99

  Adolph, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

MAVERICK FIGHTER PILOT; OBSERVATION ORIENTATION DECISION ACTION (OODA);

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 34247551884     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AGILE.2006.63     Document Type: Conference Paper

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