A framework for identifying software project risks

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 76-83

  Keil, Mark ^c   Cule, Paul E ^a   Lyytinen, Kalle ^c   Schmidt, Roy C ^b  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISKS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

RISK FACTORS; SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGERS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 0032207894     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/287831.287843     Document Type: Article

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