The impact of inadequate and dysfunctional training on agile transformation process: A grounded theory study

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 295-309

  Gandomani, Taghi Javdani ^a   Zulzalil, Hazura ^a   Abdul Ghani, Abdul Azim ^a   Md Sultan, Abu Bakar ^a   Parizi, Reza Meimandi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b TAYLOR S UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Agile software development; Agile training; Agile transformation process; Agile transition; Grounded Theory

Indexed keywords

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; AGILE TRANSFORMATIONS; AGILE TRANSITION; DEVELOPMENT TEAMS; FUNCTIONAL TRAININGS; GROUNDED THEORY; HEURISTIC STRATEGY; TRANSFORMATION PROCESS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84922646182     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2014.05.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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