Agility from first principles: Reconstructing the concept of agility in information systems development

Information Systems Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 329-354

  Conboy, Kieran ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Agile; Agile management; Agile manufacturing; Conceptual research; Systems development

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; TAXONOMIES;

AGILE; AGILE MANUFACTURING; CONCEPTUAL RESEARCH; DISTRIBUTED DEVELOPMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT; MULTINATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT;

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 70149115578     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1090.0236     Document Type: Article

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