Occam's razor and simple software project management

Software Project Management in a Changing World

Volumn 9783642550355, Issue , 2014, Pages 447-472

  Menzies, Tim ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA MINING; PROBLEM SOLVING;

AUTOMATIC TOOLS; BUILDING MODEL; EMPIRICAL DATA; MINIMAL MODEL; MODEL-BASED OPC; OCCAM'S RAZOR; PROBLEM-SOLVING; SIMPLE++; SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT; USE-MODEL;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84930697026     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-55035-5_18     Document Type: Chapter

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