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Where now for development methodologies?

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David E. Avison,

Guy FitzgeraldAuthors Info & Claims

Communications of the ACM, Volume 46, Issue 1

Pages 78 - 82

https://doi.org/10.1145/602421.602423

Published: 01 January 2003 Publication History

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The current swirl of diversity could signal a return to the days of ad hoc systems development, lack of formalmethodology, and consequent increase in failure.

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Where now for development methodologies?
1. Software and its engineering
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