Identifying risks for cross-disciplinary higher degree research students

Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series

Volumn 78, Issue , 2008, Pages 43-52

  Blackmore, Karen L ^a   Nesbitt, Keith V ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attrition; Cross discipline; Doctoral supervision; Risk management; Software processes

Indexed keywords

ATTRITION; ATTRITION RATE; AUSTRALIA; COMPLETION TIME; CROSS-DISCIPLINARY; CROSS-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; CROSS-DISCIPLINE; DOCTORAL SUPERVISION; ENGINEERING COMMUNITY; SOFTWARE PROCESS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84869112165     PISSN: 14451336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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