Groupware support for requirements management in new product development

Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 253-284

  Salo, Ahti ^a   Käkölä, Timo K ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Decision support systems; Groupware; Information systems design theory; Knowledge management; New product development; Organizational learning; Process maturity; Requirements management; Shared knowledge creation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645280584     PISSN: 10919392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327744joce1504_1     Document Type: Article

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