Determinants of software quality: Customer's perspective

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1053-1070

  Issac, George ^a   Rajendran, Chandrasekharan ^a   Anantharaman, R N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

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EID: 0142199798     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1478336032000090950     Document Type: Review

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