Empirical studies of geographically distributed agile development communication challenges: A systematic review

Information and Management

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 22-37

  Alzoubi, Yehia Ibrahim ^a   Gill, Asif Qumer ^a   Al Ani, Ahmed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agile approaches; Communication challenges; Communication techniques; Geographically distributed agile development; Systematic literature review

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

AGILE APPROACHES; AGILE DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; RESEARCH PRIORITIES; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 84954397692     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2015.08.003     Document Type: Article

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