A model for visualizing inter-team interaction patterns influencing speed development in large software companies employing Agile Software Development
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To achieve successful business, large software companies employ Agile Software Development to be fast and responsive in addressing customer needs. However, a large number of small, independent and fast teams suffer from excessive inter-team interactions, which may lead to paralysis. We provide a model of such interactions to give information to the teams in order to react upon it, and we find a major challenge in ASD to collect data for an effective visualization of the information.
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تاریخ انتشار 2013