The Effects of Time Pressure on Quality in Software Development: An Agency Model

Information Systems Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 195-207

  Austin, Robert D ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency Theory; Principal Agent; Software Estimating; Software Measurement; Software Quality

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SOFTWARE AGENTS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

ADOPTING POLICY; AGENCY THEORY; MINIMIZING COSTS; PRINCIPAL AGENTS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPER; SOFTWARE MEASUREMENT; SOFTWARE PRODUCT QUALITY; SOFTWARE QUALITY;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 0035626767     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.12.2.195.9699     Document Type: Article

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