A model of design decision making based on empirical results of interviews with software designers

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 637-653

  Zannier, Carmen ^a   Chiasson, Mike ^b   Maurer, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design decision; Interviewing; Naturalistic decision making; Rational decision making

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

DESIGN DECISION; INTERVIEWING; NATURALISTIC DECISION MAKING; RATIONAL DECISION MAKING;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 34247114278     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2007.02.010     Document Type: Article

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