The views of experts on the current state of agile method tailoring

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing

Volumn 235, Issue , 2007, Pages 217-234

  Conboy, Kieran ^a   Fitzgerald, Brian ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Agile method; Delphi; Expert opinion; Software development; Tailoring, systems development

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

AGILE METHODS; DELPHI; EXPERT OPINION; SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT; TAILORING;

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 34547888710     PISSN: 15715736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-72804-9_15     Document Type: Conference Paper

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