Formulating measures of effectiveness

Systems Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 253-263

  Sproles, Noel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical operational issues; Effectiveness; Measures of effectiveness; Measures of performance; Viewpoints

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; LIFE CYCLE; PROCESS CONTROL; SYSTEMS SCIENCE;

CRITICAL OPERATIONAL ISSUES; EFFECTIVENESS; MEASURES OF EFFECTIVENESS; MEASURES OF EFFECTIVENESS (MOE); MEASURES OF PERFORMANCE; VIEWPOINTS;

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

EID: 2942529212     PISSN: 10981241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sys.10028     Document Type: Article

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