How much software quality investment is enough: A value-based approach

IEEE Software

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 88-95

  Huang, LiGuo ^a,b   Boehm, Barry ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Univ of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST MODEL; RISK EXPOSURE; VALUE-BASED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (VBSE);

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VALUE ENGINEERING;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33947118114     PISSN: 07407459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MS.2006.127     Document Type: Article

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