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The spiritual life of projects
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Volume 45 ,  Issue 1  (January 2002) table of contents
Internet abuse in the workplace and Game engines in scientific research
COLUMN: The business of software table of contents
Pages: 11 - 14  
Year of Publication: 2002
ISSN:0001-0782
Author
Phillip G. Armour  Corvus International Inc., Deer Park, IL
Publisher
ACM  New York, NY, USA
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ABSTRACT

The human factor in software development is the ingredient that ultimately gives a project team its soul.


REFERENCES

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1
Harvey, J.B. How Come Every Time I Get Stabbed in the Back My Fingerprints Are on the Knife? : And Other Meditations on Management. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA 1999.
 
2
QSM Inc. Slim-Estimate (using default and typical values for project costs and other factors). McLean, VA.
 
3
Weinberg, G.M. Becoming a Technical Leader: An Organic Problem-Solving Approach. Dorset House, New York, NY (1986), 12.

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.1 MODELS AND PRINCIPLES
      H.1.2 User/Machine Systems
          Subjects: Software psychology

Additional Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
      D.2.9 Management

  H. Information Systems
  H.1 MODELS AND PRINCIPLES
      H.1.2 User/Machine Systems
          Subjects: Human factors

  K. Computing Milieux
  K.6 MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
      K.6.3 Software Management
          Subjects: Software development


General Terms:
Human Factors, Management


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