"Leagile" software development: An experience report analysis of the application of lean approaches in agile software development

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1287-1299

  Wang, Xiaofeng ^a   Conboy, Kieran ^b   Cawley, Oisin ^c  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c University of Limerick   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Agile software development; Experience report; Kanban; Leagile; Lean software development; Scrum; Software engineering

Indexed keywords

AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIENCE REPORT; KANBAN; LEAGILE; SCRUM;

HARDWARE; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 84862792235     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2012.01.061     Document Type: Article

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