Challenges of shared decision-making: A multiple case study of agile software development

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 853-865

  Moe, Nils Brede ^a   Aurum, Aybüke ^b   Dybå, Tore ^a  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agile software development; Alignment; Decision making; Scrum; Self management; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; ITERATIVE METHODS; RATIONAL FUNCTIONS; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; NATURALISTIC DECISION MAKINGS; SCRUM; SELF MANAGEMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; SOFTWARE PRODUCT COMPANIES; TEAMWORK;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84861570677     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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