Jazz improvisation as a learning metaphor for the scrum software development methodology

Software Process Improvement and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 439-450

  Suscheck, Charles A ^a   Ford, Randal ^b  

^a Suscheck and Associates   (United States)

^b Dept of Family Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Agile; Improvisation; Metaphor; Organizational design; Scrum; Sdlc

Indexed keywords

GAME THEORY; GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING; MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SOFTWARE DESIGN; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

AGILE; IMPROVISATION; METAPHOR; ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN; SCRUM; SDLC;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 56749158297     PISSN: 10774866     EISSN: 10991670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/spip.385     Document Type: Article

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