A case of exhaustive documentation: Re-centering system-oriented organizations around user need

Technical Communication

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 46-47

  Salvo, Michael ^a   Zoetewey, Meredith W ^b   Agena, Kate ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROSE HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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