Using grounded theory to study the experience of software development

Empirical Software Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 487-513

  Adolph, S ^a   Hall, W ^a   Kruchten, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Empirical software engineering research; Grounded theory; Qualitative research; Theory generation

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; GROUNDED THEORY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH METHODS; SCIENCE DISCIPLINES; THEORY GENERATION;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 80052475889     PISSN: 13823256     EISSN: 15737616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10664-010-9152-6     Document Type: Article

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