Agile transformation: What is it about?

2014 8th Malaysian Software Engineering Conference, MySEC 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 240-245

  Gandomani, Taghi Javdani ^a   Zulzalil, Hazura ^b   Nafchi, Mina Ziaei ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Agile methods; Agile software development; Agile transformation; Agile transition; Grounded Theory

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

AGILE METHODS; AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; AGILE TRANSFORMATIONS; AGILE TRANSITION; GROUNDED THEORY;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 84929323920     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MySec.2014.6986021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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