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View all- Ahmad M(2025)Strengthening Large‐Scale Agile TeamsJournal of Software: Evolution and Process10.1002/smr.275937:1Online publication date: 22-Jan-2025
Agile software development projects–Unveiling the human-related critical success factors
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