Using technical debt data in decision making: Potential decision approaches

2012 3rd International Workshop on Managing Technical Debt, MTD 2012 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 45-48

  Seaman, Carolyn ^a   Guo, Yuepu ^a   Zazworka, Nico ^b   Shull, Forrest ^b   Izurieta, Clemente ^c   Cai, Yuanfang ^d   Vetrò, Antonio ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b Fraunhofer CESE   (United States)

^c Idaho National Laboratory   (United States)

^d Drexel University   (United States)

^e POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analytic Hierarchy Process; cost benefit analysis; decision making; options; portfolio management; technical debt

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX DECISION; OPTIONS; PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENTS; POSITION PAPERS; TECHNICAL DEBT;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; INVESTMENTS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84864136407     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MTD.2012.6225999     Document Type: Conference Paper

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