Software Modernization and Replacement Decision Making in Industry: A Qualitative Study

10th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering, EASE 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Saarelainen, Miia Maarit ^a   Ahonen, Jarmo J ^a   Lintinen, Heikki ^b   Koskinen, Jussi ^b   Kankaanpää, Irja ^b   Sivula, Henna ^b   Juutilainen, Päivi ^b   Tilus, Tero ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

decision making; intuition; qualitative study; rationality; software modernization

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MODERNIZATION; PREFERRED NUMBERS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

DECISION MAKERS; DECISION MAKING TOOL; DECISIONS MAKINGS; DOMINANT FACTOR; INTUITION; QUALITATIVE STUDY; RATIONALITY; SOFTWARE MODERNIZATION; SOFTWARE REPLACEMENT; WELL BEING;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84988437589     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EASE2006.3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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