On the feasibility of situational method engineering

Information Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 6-7, 1997, Pages 401-422

  Ter Hofstede, Arthur H M ^a   Verhoef, T F ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b ID Research   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE); Meta Modelling; Situational Method Engineering

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SITUATIONAL METHOD ENGINEERING;

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

EID: 0031222296     PISSN: 03064379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4379(97)00024-0     Document Type: Article

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