Examining the foundations of agile usability with extreme scenario-based design

Proceedings - 2009 Agile Conference, AGILE 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3-10

  Lee, Jason Chong ^a   McCrickard, D Scott ^a   Stevens, K Todd ^b  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b Meridium Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Agile; Central design record; Extreme scenario based design; Usability

Indexed keywords

AGILE METHODS; AGILE TEAMS; CENTRAL DESIGN RECORD; CORE VALUES; INTEGRATED APPROACH; SCENARIO-BASED DESIGN; VIRGINIA TECH;

DESIGN; INTEGRATED CONTROL; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

USABILITY ENGINEERING;

EID: 70449638627     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AGILE.2009.30     Document Type: Conference Paper

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