Assessing software maintenance tool utilization using task-technology fit and fitness-for-use models

Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 151-179

  Dishaw, Mark T ^a   Strong, Diane M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actual software tool use; Behavioural control; Cognitive fit; Fitness for use; Intended software tool use; Task technology fit

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; PROGRAM DEBUGGING;

FITNESS FOR USE MODELS; SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE TOOLS; TASK TECHNOLOGY FIT MODELS;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0032066649     PISSN: 1532060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-908x(199805/06)10:3<151::aid-smr165>3.3.co;2-r     Document Type: Article

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