An evaluation of the degree of agility in six agile methods and its applicability for method engineering

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 280-295

  Qumer, A ^a   Henderson Sellers, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agile methods; Method engineering; Methodology; Software engineering

Indexed keywords

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

AGILE METHODS; DEGREE OF AGILITY; METHOD ENGINEERING; METHODOLOGY;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 37849033133     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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