Complex software project development: Agile methods adoption

Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 549-564

  Mishra, Deepti ^a   Mishra, Alok ^a  

^a ATILIM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

adaptive development; agile methods; Agile software development; dynamic systems development method (DSDM); eXtreme programming (XP); feature driven development (FDD); Scrum; supply chain management (SCM)

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE DEVELOPMENT; AGILE METHODS; AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; DYNAMIC SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT METHOD (DSDM); EXTREME PROGRAMMING; FEATURE-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT (FDD); SCRUM; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (SCM);

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 81155139118     PISSN: 1532060X     EISSN: 15320618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smr.528     Document Type: Article

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