Interpretative case studies on agile team productivity and management

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 412-427

  De Melo, Claudia O ^a   S Cruzes, Daniela ^b   Kon, Fabio ^a   Conradi, Reidar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Agile software development; Industrial case studies; Team management; Team productivity factors; Thematic analysis

Indexed keywords

AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL CASE STUDY; PRODUCTIVITY FACTORS; TEAM MANAGEMENT; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONNEL; PRODUCTIVITY; RESEARCH; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

EID: 84869861862     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2012.09.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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