The influence of checklists and roles on software practitioner risk perception and decision-making

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 908-919

  Keil, Mark ^a   Li, Lei ^b   Mathiassen, Lars ^a   Zheng, Guangzhi ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University System of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Risk checklist; Risk perception; Role of software practitioner

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION THEORY; GAME THEORY; RISK PERCEPTION;

RISK CHECKLIST; SOFTWARE PRACTITIONER;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 42049090322     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2007.07.035     Document Type: Article

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