A comparison of model-based and judgment-based release planning in incremental software projects

Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 766-775

  Benestad, Hans Christian ^a   Hannay, Jo E ^a  

^a SIMULA RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Norway)

Author keywords

agile; case study; large development projects; practitioners' mental models; repertory grid; scrum

Indexed keywords

AGILE; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; MENTAL MODEL; REPERTORY GRIDS; SCRUM;

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 79959868269     PISSN: 02705257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1985793.1985901     Document Type: Conference Paper

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