The utility of rapid application development in large-scale, complex projects

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 549-570

  Berger, Hilary ^a   Beynon Davies, Paul ^b  

^a CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agile development; Case study; ISDM; Large scale development; RAD

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350104909     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: 13652575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2575.2009.00329.x     Document Type: Article

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