Re-conceptualizing agile information systems development using complex adaptive systems theory

Emergence: Complexity and Organization

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1-23

  Alaa, Ghada ^a   Fitzgerald, Guy ^b  

^a Egyptian Cabinet's Information and Decision Support Centre (IDSC   (Egypt)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84885590990     PISSN: 15213250     EISSN: 15217000     Source Type: Journal    
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