Developing project duration models in software engineering

Journal of Computer Science and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 348-357

  Bourque, Pierre ^a   Oligny, Serge ^b   Abran, Alain ^a   Fournier, Bertrand ^c  

^a ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

^b BELL CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

International software benchmarking standards group (ISBSG); Project duration models; Project scheduling models; Schedule and organizational issues; Software engineering; Time estimation

Indexed keywords

ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES; PROJECT DURATION MODELS; PROJECT SCHEDULING MODELS; TIME ESTIMATION;

BENCHMARKING; COMPUTER SCIENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 34249852712     PISSN: 10009000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11390-007-9051-5     Document Type: Article

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