Toward an assessment of software development risk

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 203-225

  Barki, Henri ^a   Rivard, Suzanne ^a   Talbot, Jean ^a  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Information systems project management; Risk management; Software development risk; Software metrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 71549173177     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.1993.11518006     Document Type: Article

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