Effort estimation for enterprise resource planning implementation projects using social choice - a comparative study

Enterprise Information Systems

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 265-281

  Koch, Stefan ^a   Mitlöhner, Johann ^b  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

cost estimation; DEA; ERP; product metrics; social choice

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE RANKING; COLLECTIVE PREFERENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COMPLEX SYSTEMS; COST ESTIMATIONS; DATA SETS; EFFORT ESTIMATION; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING IMPLEMENTATIONS; ERP IMPLEMENTATION; ESTIMATION PROCESS; NEW PROJECTS; NUMERIC VALUES; PRODUCT METRICS; SOCIAL CHOICE;

COSTS; DECISION THEORY; ESTIMATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 77955546000     PISSN: 17517575     EISSN: 17517583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17517575.2010.496494     Document Type: Article

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