Control of flexible software development under uncertainty

Information Systems Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 400-419

  Harris, Michael L ^a   Collins, Rosann Webb ^b   Hevner, Alan R ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agile development; Control theory; Emergent outcome control; Flexible development; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CONTROL THEORY;

AGILE DEVELOPMENT; DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES; FLEXIBLE DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAMS; UNCERTAINTY;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 76949108036     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1090.0240     Document Type: Article

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