A risk management framework for distributed agile projects

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 85, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-15

  Shrivastava, Suprika Vasudeva ^a   Rathod, Urvashi ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Agile Software Development; Distributed Agile Development (DAD); Distributed Software Development (DSD); Risk factor classification; Risk management framework in distributed agile development

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; LIFE CYCLE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISKS; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

AGILE DEVELOPMENT; AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; DISTRIBUTED DEVELOPMENT; DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85009204967     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2016.12.005     Document Type: Article

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