A framework for adapting agile development methodologies

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 332-343

  Cao, Lan ^a   Mohan, Kannan ^b   Xu, Peng ^c   Ramesh, Balasubramaniam ^d  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive structuration theory; Agile development; Extreme Programming (XP); Process adaptation; Process tailoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 70149121718     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2009.26     Document Type: Article

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