Managing Risk:
Methods for Software Systems Development

Elaine M. Hall, Ph.D.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hall, Elaine M.
      Managing risk: methods for software systems development / Elaine
    M. Hall.
           p.  cm.—(SEI series in software engineering)
       Includes bibliographical references and index.
       ISBN 0-201-25592-8
       1.  Computer software.    2.  Risk management.    I. Title.
    II.  Series.
    QA76.754.H346    1997
    005.1‘068‘1—DC21
                                                                                     97–24703
                                                                                                CIP

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