The effects of optimistic and pessimistic biasing on software project status reporting

Information and Management

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 130-141

  Snow, Andrew P ^a   Keil, Mark ^b   Wallace, Linda ^c  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information theory; Project management and scheduling; Reporting bias; Software project management; Traffic light reporting

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION THEORY; MANAGERS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHEDULING;

PROJECT MANAGERS; SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE PROJECT STATUS REPORTING; TRAFFIC LIGHT REPORTING;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33847056173     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2006.10.009     Document Type: Article

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