Agile quality or depth of reasoning? Applicability vs. suitability with respect to stakeholders' needs

Agile Software Development Quality Assurance

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 23-55

  Berki, Eleni ^a   Siakas, Kerstin ^b   Georgiadou, Elli ^c  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-216-9.ch002     Document Type: Chapter

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