The mechanisms of project management of software development

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2386-2395

  McBride, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Empirical study; Project control; Project coordination; Project management; Project monitoring; Software development

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENCY CONTROL; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; MECHANISMS; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EMPIRICAL STUDY; PROJECT CONTROL; PROJECT COORDINATION; PROJECT MONITORING; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 53949094783     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2008.06.015     Document Type: Article

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