On the impact of Kanban on software project work: An empirical case study investigation

Proceedings - 2011 16th IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems, ICECCS 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 305-314

  Ikonen, Marko ^a   Pirinen, Elena ^b   Fagerholm, Fabian ^a   Kettunen, Petri ^a   Abrahamsson, Pekka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Kanban; Process model; Project management; Software development

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL CASE STUDIES; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; KANBAN; LEAN THINKING; MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS; PROCESS MODEL; PROJECT ACTIVITIES; SOFTWARE FACTORIES; SOFTWARE PROJECT; SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INVESTMENTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 79960526981     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICECCS.2011.37     Document Type: Conference Paper

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