Revealing actual documentation usage in software maintenance through war stories

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 576-587

  Lutters, Wayne G ^a   Seaman, Carolyn B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Documentation; Qualitative research; Software maintenance; Storytelling; War stories

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; PERSONNEL; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

DOCUMENTATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STORYTELLING; WAR STORIES;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 34247154907     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2007.02.013     Document Type: Article

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