Categorization of risk factors for distributed agile projects

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2015, Pages 373-387

  Shrivastava, Suprika V ^a   Rathod, Urvashi ^a  

^a SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Agile software development (ASD); Distributed Agile Development (DAD); Distributed Software Development (DSD); Leavitt's' model; Risk factor classification; Risk management in distributed agile development

Indexed keywords

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

AGILE DEVELOPMENT; AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS; DISTRIBUTED DEVELOPMENT; DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; RISK FACTORS;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84914176705     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2014.07.007     Document Type: Article

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