The MUSiC performance measurement method

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 4-5, 1997, Pages 279-293

  Macleod, Miles ^a,b   Bowden, Rosemary ^a,c   Bevan, Nigel ^a   Curson, Ian ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b Andersen Consulting   (United Kingdom)

^c Admiral Management Services Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; DESIGN; EVALUATION; PERFORMANCE;

APPLICATIONS; USABILITY;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0031188906     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014492997119842     Document Type: Article

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