Investigating the design process: Participatory design in agile software development

Information Technology and People

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 217-235

  Kautz, Karlheinz ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agile development; Case study research; Customer and user participation; Design; Design process; Design science; Participatory design; Software engineering

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052558788     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09593841111158356     Document Type: Article

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