Overview and guidance on agile development in large organizations

Communications of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-44

  Barlow, Jordan B ^a   Giboney, Justin Scott ^b   Keith, Mark Jeffrey ^c   Wilson, David W ^d   Schuetzler, Ryan M ^b   Lowry, Paul Benjamin ^e   Vance, Anthony ^f  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c WEST TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agile development; Agility; Coordination; Extreme programming; Informal communication; Interdependencies; Large organizations; Life cycle; Scrum; Software development; Waterfall method

Indexed keywords

LIFE CYCLE; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

AGILE DEVELOPMENT; AGILITY; COORDINATION; EXTREME PROGRAMMING; INFORMAL COMMUNICATION; INTERDEPENDENCIES; LARGE ORGANIZATIONS; SCRUM; WATERFALL METHODS;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 80051604954     PISSN: 15293181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1cais.02902     Document Type: Article

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