Agile product line planning: A collaborative approach and a case study

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 868-882

  Noor, Muhammad A ^a   Rabiser, Rick ^a   Grünbacher, Paul ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Agile methods; Collaboration engineering; Product line engineering; Product line planning

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SHAREHOLDERS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

AGILE METHODS; COLLABORATION ENGINEERING; PRODUCT LINE ENGINEERING (PLE); PRODUCT LINE PLANNING;

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 42049117092     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2007.10.028     Document Type: Article

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