An empirical study on off-the-shelf component usage in industrial projects

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Volumn 3547, Issue , 2005, Pages 54-68

  Li, Jingyue ^a   Conradi, Reidar ^a,b   Slyngstad, Odd Petter N ^a   Bunse, Christian ^c   Khan, Umair ^c   Torchiano, Marco ^d   Morisio, Maurizio ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SIMULA RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Norway)

^c FRAUNHOFER IESE   (Germany)

^d POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MANAGERS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

COTS; IT CONSULTING COMPANIES; OSS (OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE); SYSTEM SECURITY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 26444514949     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/11497455_7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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