Communication and co-ordination practices in software engineering projects

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 473-489

  McChesney, Ian R ^a   Gallagher, Séamus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co ordination; Communication; Human factors; Software engineering; Software process; Software project management

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; HUMAN ENGINEERING; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; STANDARDS;

KNOWLEDGE SHARING; SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 1642398627     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2003.10.001     Document Type: Article

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