An empirical analysis of software life spans to determine the planning horizon for new software

Information Technology and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-149

  Richmond, William ^a   Nelson, Paul ^b   Misra, Sanjog ^b  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Planning horizon; Project justification; Software; Software life

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745833969     PISSN: 1385951X     EISSN: 15737667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10799-006-8104-8     Document Type: Article

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