The value of product development lead time in software startup

System Dynamics Review

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-82

  Hilmola, Olli Pekka ^a   Helo, Petri ^b   Ojala, Lauri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Wapice Oy   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0037335576     PISSN: 08837066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sdr.255     Document Type: Article

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