Adapting funding processes for agile IT projects: An empirical investigation

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 191-205

  Cao, Lan ^a   Mohan, Kannan ^b   Ramesh, Balasubramaniam ^c   Sarkar, Sumantra ^c  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptive structuration theory; agile development; IT funding

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; FINANCE;

ADAPTIVE STRUCTURATION THEORY; AGILE DEVELOPMENT; AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; IT FUNDING; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS; TRADITIONAL APPROACHES;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 84874606072     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2012.9     Document Type: Article

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