The effects of the business model on object-oriented software development productivity

IBM Systems Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 140-160

  Potok, T E ^a,b,c   Vouk, M A ^d,e,f  

^a IBM   (United States)

^b Software Solutions RTP Lab   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d North Carolina State University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f IFIP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MANAGEMENT; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCTIVITY; TECHNOLOGY;

BUSINESS MODEL; OBJECT ORIENTED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTIVITY; PROJECT COMPLETION PROBABILITY;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0030699686     PISSN: 00188670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/sj.361.0140     Document Type: Article

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