Software component decision-making: In-house, OSS, COTS or outsourcing - A systematic literature review

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 121, Issue , 2016, Pages 105-124

  Badampudi, Deepika ^a   Wohlin, Claes ^a   Petersen, Kai ^a  

^a BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Component based software engineering; COTS; Decision making; In house development; OSS; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION; OUTSOURCING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

COMPONENT-BASED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPONENT-BASED SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; COTS; EMPIRICAL - COMPARISONS; IN-HOUSE DEVELOPMENT; OPTIMIZATION MODELS; SOFTWARE COMPONENT; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84982300670     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2016.07.027     Document Type: Article

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