dc.contributor.author | Wang, Xiaofeng | en |
dc.contributor.author | O'Conchuir, Eoin | en |
dc.contributor.author | Vidgen, Richard | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-02-01T12:25:36Z | en |
dc.date.available | 2011-02-01T12:25:36Z | en |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Wang, X., E. O'Conchuir and R. Vidgen (2008): "A Paradoxical Perspective on Contradictions in Agile Software Development", in the Proceedings of the 16th European Conference on Information Systems, Galway, June 9-11. | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10379/1582 | en |
dc.description.abstract | An ongoing debate on agile methods focuses on the contradictions in software development, especially responding to change vs. following a plan, and people vs. processes. Unlike the ¿either-or¿ perspective adopted in the existing agile literature, this paper introduces a paradoxical view on the contradictions in agile software development and uses two agile processes to illustrate it, arguing that a paradoxical perspective can help to gain a better understanding of the nature of and ways of dealing with the contradictions in agile software development. Taking a paradoxical perspective on responding to change vs. following a plan, and people vs. processes, this paper reveals that an agile process is a planning-driven process geared to responding to change, and it is a process that provides a supporting structure for people to learn and to improve their competences. | en |
dc.format | application/pdf | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Ireland | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ie/ | |
dc.subject | Contradiction | en |
dc.subject | Paradox | en |
dc.subject | Agile methods | en |
dc.subject | Planning | en |
dc.subject | Process | en |
dc.subject | Enterprise Agility | en |
dc.title | A Paradoxical Perspective on Contradictions in Agile Software Development | en |
dc.type | Conference Paper | en |
dc.description.peer-reviewed | peer-reviewed | en |
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