The mystery of the writing that isn't on the wall: differences in public representations in traditional and agile software development
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Abstract
This paper considers the use of public displays, such as whiteboards and papers pinned to walls, by different software development teams, based on evidence from a number of empirical studies. This paper outlines differences in use observed between traditional and agile teams and begins to identify the implications that they may have for software development.
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- Yvonne Dittrich,
- Cleidson R. B. de Souza,
- Marcelo Cataldo,
- Rashina Hoda
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- University of Zurich: University of Zurich
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