Exploring agile values in method configuration

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 300-316

  Karlsson, Fredrik ^a   Agerfalk, Pär ^b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agile method; Extreme programming; Method configuration; Method engineering; Method tailoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 70149098009     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2009.20     Document Type: Article

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