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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 40 , Issue 6 (June 1997) table of contents

Pages: 53 - 61

Year of Publication: 1997

ISSN:0001-0782

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Michael A. Cusumano	Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
Richard W. Selby	Department of Information and Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
D. Software
D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

Additional Classification:
K. Computing Milieux
K.1 THE COMPUTER INDUSTRY
Subjects: Suppliers

General Terms:
Design, Management, Performance, Theory

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"Coskun Bayrak : Reviewer"

Microsoft manages its software development according to a “tightly loose” system, as described here. The system is fairly loose in the sense that developers are allowed the freedom to write code and develop modules, while managemen more...

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