The impact of agile on user-centered design: Two surveys tell the story

Technical Communication

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 219-234

  Dayton, David ^a   Barnum, Carol ^b  

^a SOUTHERN POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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