Using metrics in Agile and Lean software development - A systematic literature review of industrial studies

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 143-163

  Kupiainen, Eetu ^a   Mäntylä, Mika V ^a,b   Itkonen, Juha ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agile; Lean; Measurement; Metrics; Software engineering; Systematic literature review

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; MEASUREMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

AGILE; AGILE DEVELOPMENT; AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; LEAN; LEAN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; METRICS; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW (SLR);

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 84932616989     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2015.02.005     Document Type: Review

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