A case study on the selection and evaluation of software for an internet organisation

Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-66

  van Staaden, Pieter ^a   Lubbe, Sam ^b  

^a CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Black box testing; Business process; Commercial software system; Document; Evaluation; Request for proposal (RFP); Requirements; Selection; Software; Vendors

Indexed keywords

EID: 69149101459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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