The effect of moving from a plan-driven to an incremental software development approach with agile practices: An industrial case study

Empirical Software Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 654-693

  Petersen, Kai ^a   Wohlin, Claes ^a  

^a BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agile; Case study; Incremental; Migration; Plan driven

Indexed keywords

AGILE; CASE STUDY; INCREMENTAL; MIGRATION; PLAN-DRIVEN;

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; RESEARCH; TRIANGULATION;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 77956778252     PISSN: 13823256     EISSN: 15737616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10664-010-9136-6     Document Type: Article

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