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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 35 , Issue 2 (February 1992) table of contents

Pages: 51 - 59

Year of Publication: 1992

ISSN:0001-0782

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Albert L. Lederer	Oakland Univ. School of Business Administration, Rochester, MI
Jayesh Prasad	Univ. of Dayton, Dayton, OH

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
K. Computing Milieux
K.6 MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
K.6.0 General
Subjects: Economics

Additional Classification:
D. Software
D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
D.2.9 Management
Subjects: Cost estimation

K. Computing Milieux
K.6 MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS

General Terms:
Economics, Human Factors, Management, Theory

Keywords:
cost estimating

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The authors report that about one in four data processing projects is completed at the estimated cost. Of projects costing over $50,000, 63 percent are over budget, whereas 14 percent are under (p.52). These figures p more...

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