Index
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BAE (company contracted for DIA's BHS project)analysis of socioorganizational contributing factors, 91, 94, 95, 98, 99
contributing technical factors, 114, 119, 120, 124-126, 131, 132
economic factors contributing, 146-148
Bank of America, 4
Barki, H.project risk factors, 121, 177
risk-assessment studies, 39-44, 59, 60
Barwise, J., rationality in software development, 32
Behavioral consideration, in postabandonment review, 200
issues, 218
processes, 247
Berghel, H., failed e-commerce companies, 25
Bicknell, D., failed project cases, 88
Blum, B. I., 10, 214
211, 212
Boehm, B. W., risk factors ofsoftware projects, 38, 40-42, 59, 60, 112, 121
project terminations, 16
systems development methods, 161, 177, 179
Bronzite, M., 226
Brooks, F. P. Jr., on inherentdifficulties of creating software, 11, 12
schedule delays, 142, 167, 168, 251, 253
software complexity, 30-33, 48, 57
software developers, 112, 138
Bruce, M., software development methods, 161
Budget overruns. See Cost overruns
Budget Rent-A-Car Corporation, Confirm's consortium partner, 86, 113
Bulkeley, W. M., report on FoxMeyer's Delta project,contributing socioorganizational factors, 86, 90, 94, 97, 102
technical and economic factors, 114, 117, 123, 145
Business models, of failed e-c
ommerce companies, 25, 26