Using factor analysis to generate clusters of agile practices (a guide for agile process improvement)

Proceedings - 2010 Agile Conference, AGILE 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 11-20

  Abbas, Noura ^a   Gravell, Andrew M ^a   Wills, Gary B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agile practices; Agile process improvement; Agile software development; Empirical research; Factor analysis

Indexed keywords

AGILE PRACTICES; AGILE PROCESS; AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FACTOR ANALYSIS;

QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 77957986179     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AGILE.2010.15     Document Type: Conference Paper

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