How can agile practices minimize global software development co-ordination risks?

Communications in Computer and Information Science

Volumn 42, Issue , 2009, Pages 81-92

  Hossain, Emam ^a   Babar, Muhammad Ali ^b   Verner, June ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Agile; Coordinating Mechanisms; Global Software Development

Indexed keywords

AGILE; AGILE PRACTICES; COORDINATING MECHANISMS; COORDINATION AND CONTROL; COORDINATION FRAMEWORKS; COORDINATION PROBLEMS; GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT COMMUNICATIONS; PROJECT MANAGERS; PROJECT STAKEHOLDERS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 70349898008     PISSN: 18650929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-04133-4_7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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