Whole Life Cost: The Future Trend in Software Development

Software Quality Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 121-131

  Bradley, Malcolm ^a,b,c   Dawson, Ray ^b,d,e  

^a ROLLS ROYCE PLC   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e British Computer Society   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost of ownership; Life cycle; Whole life cost

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COSTS; LIFE CYCLE; MARKETING;

COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSE; COST OF OWNERSHIP; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; FUTURE TRENDS; PAPER SURVEYS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE; WHOLE LIFE COST; WHOLE LIFE COSTING;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 1542710394     PISSN: 09639314     EISSN: 15731367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008904926757     Document Type: Article

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