Increasing inspection efficiency through group support systems

Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue , 2004, Pages 235-244

  Rodgers, Thomas Lee ^a   Dean, Douglas L ^b   Nunamaker Jr , Jay F ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative attention; Collaborative preparation; Group support systems; Software inspections

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE ATTENTION; COLLABORATIVE PREPARATION; INSPECTION EFFICIENCY; SOFTWARE INSPECTIONS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA ACQUISITION; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GROUPWARE; SCHEDULING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 12344329451     PISSN: 10603425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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