Does the XP environment meet the motivational needs of the software developer? An empirical study

Proceedings - AGILE 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 37-48

  Beecham, Sarah ^a   Sharp, Helen ^b   Baddoo, Nathan ^a   Hall, Tracy ^a   Robinson, Hugh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOTIVATION;

EMPIRICAL STUDIES; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; SAFETY-CRITICAL SOFTWARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT (SDE); TEAM WORKING;

WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM;

EID: 46449131530     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AGILE.2007.22     Document Type: Conference Paper

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