On the journey to continuous deployment: Technical and social challenges along the way

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 21-31

  Claps, Gerry Gerard ^a   Berntsson Svensson, Richard ^b   Aurum, Aybüke ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agile software development; Challenges and mitigation strategies; Continuous deployment; Lean software development

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

ACADEMIC LITERATURE; AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES; CONTINUOUS DEPLOYMENT; LEAN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; MITIGATION STRATEGY; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; SOFTWARE PRACTITIONERS;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 84922515690     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2014.07.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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