Applications development by end-users: Can quality be improved?

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 143-152

  Kreie, Jennifer ^a   Cronan, Timothy Paul ^b   Pendley, John ^c   Renwick, Janet S ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS); SPREADSHEETS;

END-USER COMPUTING; END-USER DEVELOPMENT;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0033705233     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9236(00)00068-3     Document Type: Article

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