Managing structure-related software project risk: A new role for project governance

Proceedings of the Australian Software Engineering Conference, ASWEC

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 129-138

  Bannerman, Paul L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Governance; Organization structure; Risk management; Software project

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE; ORGANIZATION STRUCTURES; PROJECT GOVERNANCE; PROJECT OUTCOMES; QUALITY SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE PROJECT; SOFTWARE PROJECT RISKS; STRUCTURAL FORM; STRUCTURE-RELATED;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; RISK MANAGEMENT;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77954334551     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ASWEC.2010.12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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