A dependency taxonomy for agile software development projects

Information Systems Frontiers

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 23-46

  Strode, Diane E ^a  

^a Whitireia Polytechnic   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agile methods; Agile software development; Coordination mechanisms; Dependency; Scrum; Selecting agile practices

Indexed keywords

GROUPWARE; SOFTWARE DESIGN; TAXONOMIES;

AGILE METHODS; AGILE PRACTICES; AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; COORDINATION MECHANISMS; DEPENDENCY; SCRUM;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84959545684     PISSN: 13873326     EISSN: 15729419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10796-015-9574-1     Document Type: Article

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