Risky business: What we have yet to learn about risk management

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 265-273

  Pfleeger, Shari Lawrence ^a  

^a Systems/Software Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCHEDULING;

RISK ANALYSIS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0034271735     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0164-1212(00)00017-0     Document Type: Article

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