Software project risks and their effect on outcomes

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 68-73

  Wallace, Linda ^a   Keil, Mark ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT; PROJECT COMPLEXITY; PROJECT PLANNING; SOFTWARE PROJECT RISKS;

BUDGET CONTROL; COSTS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 4243202765     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/975817.975819     Document Type: Review

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