How human aspects impress Agile software development transition and adoption

International Journal of Software Engineering and its Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 129-148

  Gandomani, Taghi Javdani ^a   Zulzalil, Hazura ^a   Abdul Ghani, Abdul Azim ^a   Sultan, Abu Bakar Md ^a   Sharif, Khaironi Yatim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Agile methods; Agile software development; Agile transformation; Agile transition; Grounded theory; Human aspects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893831240     PISSN: 17389984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14257/ijseia.2014.8.1.12     Document Type: Article

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