A defined process for project postmortem review

IEEE Software

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 65-71

  Collier, Bonnie ^a   DeMarco, Tom ^b   Fearey, Peter ^c  

^a APPLE INC   (United States)

^b Atlantic Systems Guild

^c Wildfire Communications ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

LEARNING PROCESS; POSTMORTEM REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0030190827     PISSN: 07407459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/52.526833     Document Type: Review

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