The relationship between organizational culture and the deployment of agile methods

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 509-520

  Iivari, Juhani ^a   Iivari, Netta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agile methods; Competing Values Model; Organizational culture; Systems development

Indexed keywords

AGILE METHODS; ALTERNATIVE CONCEPTION; COMPETING VALUES MODEL; ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURES; RESEARCH TOPICS; SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT; THEORY DEVELOPMENT; TRADITIONAL SYSTEMS;

RESEARCH;

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 79952444561     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2010.10.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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