Two Dimensions of Software Acquisition

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 29-35

  Nelson, Paul ^a   Richmond, William ^b,c,d   Seidmann, Abraham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b QSS GROUP INC   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Perot Systems Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTIVITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

COST BENEFIT; SOFTWARE ACQUISITION;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 0030197167     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/233977.233986     Document Type: Article

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