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Web application development is under certain circumstances such as a strong emphasis on time-to-market characterised by the usage of informal and ad-hoc development practices and a lot of tacit knowledge. Here we present an experiment that has been carried out in order to evaluate a recently proposed release planning method for web application development. This method aims at bringing stakeholders together to share knowledge and to decide on a configuration for the next release that satisfies all stakeholders. The method has been evaluated in terms of its effect on factors such as knowledge sharing, understanding, support to reach a consensus and stakeholders satisfaction.
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Ziemer, S., Calori, I.C. (2007). An Experiment with a Release Planning Method for Web Application Development. In: Abrahamsson, P., Baddoo, N., Margaria, T., Messnarz, R. (eds) Software Process Improvement. EuroSPI 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4764. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75381-0_10
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