Operational competitiveness analysis on software development

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 892-905

  Parkan, C ^a   Lam, K ^a   Hang, G ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Technical Services and Support Department   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

DEA; Operational competitiveness rating analysis; Performance measurement

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA REDUCTION; PERT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA); FUNCTION POINT ANALYSIS; OPERATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS RATING ANALYSIS (OCRA);

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0031233331     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2600446     Document Type: Article

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