Risk identification and mitigation processes for using scrum in global software development: A conceptual framework

Proceedings - Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference, APSEC

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 457-464

  Hossain, Emam ^a   Babar, Muhammad Ali ^b   Paik, Hye Young ^a   Verner, June ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Global software development; Risk; Scrum

Indexed keywords

AGILE PRACTICES; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; DISTRIBUTED PROJECTS; GLOBAL PROJECTS; GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT MANAGERS; PROJECT STAKEHOLDERS; RISK IDENTIFICATION; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MANAGERS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

RISKS;

EID: 76349083812     PISSN: 15301362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APSEC.2009.56     Document Type: Conference Paper

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