Coevolving Systems and the Organization of Agile Software Development

Information Systems Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 355-376

  Vidgen, Richard ^a   Wang, Xiaofeng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b University of Limerick   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Agile software development; Coevolving systems; Complex adaptive systems; Innovation; Mindfulness; Rhythm; Time pacing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; INNOVATION; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; MINDFULNESS; RHYTHM; TIME-PACING;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 76949086883     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1090.0237     Document Type: Article

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