Multi-project software engineering analysis using systems thinking

Software Process Improvement and Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 173-214

  Lee, Bengee ^a   Miller, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Human resource management; Software engineering; Software project management; Systems thinking

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERSONNEL; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHEDULING;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; MULTI-PROJECT SCHEDULING; SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS THINKING;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 12844273722     PISSN: 10774866     EISSN: 10991670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/spip.204     Document Type: Article

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