In a 13-team enterprise software unit, lack of dependency awareness emerged from misaligned specification, prioritization, estimation, and allocation activities and undermined effective coordination.

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"In a 13-team enterprise software unit, lack of dependency awareness emerged from misaligned specification, prioritization, estimation, and allocation activities and undermined effective coordination."

This case study directly connects poor dependency awareness with misalignment during specification, prioritization, estimation, and allocation across team and inter-team planning levels.

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Source title Coordination Challenges in Large-Scale Software Development: A Case Study of Planning Misalignment in Hybrid Settings

Source authors Saskia Bick; Kai Spohrer; Rashina Hoda; Alexander Scheerer; Armin Heinzl

Source year 2018

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