A decision making framework for software total quality management

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 16, Issue 4-6, 1998, Pages 532-543

  Ashrafi, Noushin ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c TIMS Boston Chapter   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of quality; Decision model; Quality assurance; Software development life cycle; Software quality; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; COST OF QUALITY; DECISION MAKING MODEL; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT CYCLE; SOFTWARE QUALITY;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031641659     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijtm.1998.002666     Document Type: Article

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