The leading edge in QFD for software and electronic business

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 36-55

  Herzwurm, Georg ^a   Schockert, Sixten ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer software; Electronic commerce; Planning; Quality; Quality function deployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442639874     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710310453809     Document Type: Article

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