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Scrum down: a software engineer and a sociologist explore the implementation of an agile method

Published: 13 May 2008 Publication History

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This paper provides an overview and position statement on the work undertaken as part of a project to explore the implementation of Scrum in the context of an interactive digital media software development company. The project is being undertaken in the Communication and Computing Research Centre at Sheffield Hallam University.

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CHASE '08: Proceedings of the 2008 international workshop on Cooperative and human aspects of software engineering
May 2008
120 pages
ISBN:9781605580395
DOI:10.1145/1370114
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  1. discourse
  2. ethnography
  3. ethnomethodology
  4. phenomenology
  5. scrum
  6. sociology

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  • (2015) Classification of R&D projects and selection of R&D project management concept R&D Management10.1111/radm.1211246:5(831-841)Online publication date: 23-Jan-2015
  • (2010)DWeb3DProceedings of the 15th International Conference on Web 3D Technology10.1145/1836049.1836056(45-54)Online publication date: 24-Jul-2010

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