Why did your project fail?

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 130-134

  Cerpa, Narciso ^a   Verner, June M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; COST AND SCHEDULE; COST OVERRUNS; FAILURE FACTORS; RANDOM SAMPLE; REQUIREMENTS CHANGE; RISK FACTORS; SCHEDULE AND BUDGET; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; SOFTWARE PROJECT; TECHNICAL FACTORS; TIME OVERRUN;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COST REDUCTION; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; GLASS; HELIUM; RISK PERCEPTION; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SURVEYS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 71149089719     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 15577317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1610252.1610286     Document Type: Article

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