Order and chaos in software development: A comparison of two software development teams in a major it company

Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 807-818

  Wang, Lero Xiaofeng ^a   Vidgen, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agile Methods; Agile Processes; Complex Adaptive Systems; Planning; Structure; The Edge of Chaos

Indexed keywords

AGILE METHODS; AGILE PROCESS; AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; CHAOTIC PROCESS; COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; EDGE OF CHAOS; IT COMPANIES; PLANNING PROCESS; PROCESS MODEL; PROJECT STRUCTURE; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAMS; WATERFALL METHODS; WATERFALL MODEL;

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PLANNING; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 84869435598     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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