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Project failure en masse: a study of loose budgetary control in ISD projects
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2010-05-18)
This paper investigates the tightness of budgetary control over projects in a large systems development multinational. This represents a case of extreme information systems development (ISD) failure en masse, where all but ...
People over process: key people challenges in agile development
(IEEE, 2010-09-02)
There is a common perception that, while there may be some 'teething' problems experienced
during the initial transition to agile, people are much happier, engaged and ultimately more
productive in these environments. ...
A Delphi study on collaborative learning in distance education: The faculty perspective
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2010-09-21)
This paper focuses on the factors which influence collaborative learning in distance
education. Distance education has been around for many years and the use of collaborative
learning techniques in distance education is ...
Using Agile Practices to Influence Motivation within IT Project Teams
(2011)
This exploratory study of IT project teams in Sweden and Ireland investigates how three agile practices, namely daily stand-ups, iteration planning and iteration retrospectives, contribute to motivation or de-motivation ...
The Impact of Agile Practices on Trust in Software Project Teams
(IEEE, 2012)
Agile software development involves self-managing teams that are empowered and responsible for meeting project goals in whatever way they deem suitable. Managers must place more trust in such teams than they do in teams ...
Agility from first principles: reconstructing the concept of agility in information systems development
(Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS), 2009-09)
Awareness and use of agile methods has grown rapidly among the information systems development (ISD) community in recent years. Like most previous methods, the development and promotion of these methods have been almost ...
Where agile research goes: starting from a 7-year retrospective (report on agile research workshop at XP2009)
(2009)
This report summarizes the key findings from a workshop at the 10th International Conference on Agile Processes and eXtreme Programming in Software Engineering (XP2009) called "Agile Research" A 7-Year Retrospective", ...
Agile Practices in Use from an Innovation Assimilation Perspective: a Multiple Case Study
(2007)
Agile methods have been adopted by many information systems development (ISD) teams and organizations in recent years. However, while agile method research is growing, many studies lack a strong theoretical and conceptual ...