Supporting software maintenance with software engineering tools: A Computed task-technology fit analysis

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 107-120

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

TASK TECHNOLOGY FIT MODELS;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0032289849     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0164-1212(98)10048-1     Document Type: Article

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