Software project risk in the public sector

Proceedings of the Australian Software Engineering Conference, ASWEC

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 389-398

  Bannerman, Paul L ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Methodology; Project management; Risk management; Software projects; System development process

Indexed keywords

LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC SECTOR; SOFTWARE PROJECTS; SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT PROCESS;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34548139823     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ASWEC.2007.44     Document Type: Conference Paper

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