Using scrum in a globally distributed project: A case study

Software Process Improvement and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 527-544

  Paasivaara, Maria ^a   Durasiewicz, Sandra ^a   Lassenius, Casper ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agile software development; Global software development; Scrum

Indexed keywords

TELECONFERENCING;

AGILE PRACTICES; AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; CASE STUDIES; DISTRIBUTED MEETINGS; DISTRIBUTED PROJECTS; DOMAIN EXPERTS; GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENTS; MALAYSIA; PERCEIVED QUALITIES; SCRUM; WEB CAMERAS;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 56749177445     PISSN: 10774866     EISSN: 10991670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/spip.402     Document Type: Article

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