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Software Project Scope Alignment: An Outcome-Based Approach.

The article discusses software development in the context of issues related to project management, examining the role that project scoping plays in the success or failure of software development projects. Project scoping is defined by the authors as an activity that defines a project's boundary thro...

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Published in:Communications of the ACM Vol. 52; no. 7; pp. 147 - 153
Main Authors: WOOLRIDGE, RICHARD W., HALE, DAVID P., HALE, JOANNE E., SHARPE, R. SHANE
Format: Article
Published: Association for Computing Machinery Jul2009
Subjects:
Computer software development > Management
Project management
Computer science
Information technology management
Industrial management
Production planning
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          WOOLRIDGE, RICHARD W.
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          Management Information Systems doctoral student, University of Alabama, Alabama.
          William White McDonald Family Distinguished Faculty Fellow, University of Alabama, Alabama.
          MIS Programs director, University of Alabama, Alabama.
          Director of The Aging Infrastructure Systems Center of Excellence, University of Alabama, Alabama.
          Associate professor of management information systems, University of Alabama, Alabama.
          Director, Computer-Based Honors Program and associate professor of MIS, University of Alabama, Alabama.
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        Production planning
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          Production planning
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