Jim Highsmith

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
5 papers, 911 citations indexed

About

Jim Highsmith is a scholar working on Information Systems, Management Information Systems and Management of Technology and Innovation. According to data from OpenAlex, Jim Highsmith has authored 5 papers receiving a total of 911 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Information Systems, 2 papers in Management Information Systems and 2 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation. Recurrent topics in Jim Highsmith's work include Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (2 papers), Information Technology Governance and Strategy (2 papers) and Big Data and Business Intelligence (1 paper). Jim Highsmith is often cited by papers focused on Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (2 papers), Information Technology Governance and Strategy (2 papers) and Big Data and Business Intelligence (1 paper). Jim Highsmith collaborates with scholars based in . Jim Highsmith's co-authors include and has published in prestigious journals such as MIS Quarterly, CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) and Insight.

In The Last Decade

Jim Highsmith

5 papers receiving 718 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Agile Software Development Ecosystems

2002 502 citations Jim Highsmith CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jim Highsmith	4	636	200	169	128	121	5	911
Jeff Sutherland United States	17	743 1.2×	282 1.4×	164 1.0×	157 1.2×	126 1.0×	48	1.1k
Mary Poppendieck United States	8	687 1.1×	294 1.5×	121 0.7×	92 0.7×	129 1.1×	10	901
RadhaKanta Mahapatra United States	7	728 1.1×	238 1.2×	212 1.3×	131 1.0×	177 1.5×	19	1.0k
Kannan Mohan United States	14	568 0.9×	255 1.3×	175 1.0×	101 0.8×	133 1.1×	33	932
Tom Poppendieck Denmark	5	538 0.8×	225 1.1×	101 0.6×	66 0.5×	94 0.8×	5	701
Donald E. Harter United States	8	436 0.7×	216 1.1×	54 0.3×	74 0.6×	113 0.9×	12	754
Hugh Robinson United Kingdom	17	921 1.4×	153 0.8×	97 0.6×	97 0.8×	422 3.5×	34	1.2k
David Raffo United States	17	722 1.1×	328 1.6×	53 0.3×	137 1.1×	98 0.8×	61	1.1k
Stefanie Betz Germany	15	371 0.6×	104 0.5×	217 1.3×	60 0.5×	224 1.9×	59	846

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5 of 5 papers shown

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Highsmith, Jim. (2014). Agile Project Governance: The Evolution of Phase‐Gate1. Insight. 17(2). 23–26. 1 indexed citations

2.

Highsmith, Jim. (2004). Agile project management: creating innovative products. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 325 indexed citations

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Highsmith, Jim. (2002). Agile Software Development Ecosystems. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 502 indexed citations breakdown →

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Highsmith, Jim. (2002). What Is Agile Software Development? 1. 74 indexed citations

5.

Highsmith, Jim. (1980). Structured Systems Planning. MIS Quarterly. 5(3). 35–54. 9 indexed citations

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