Title :
Software tool assessment-an Australian perspective
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Queensland Univ., St. Lucia, Qld., Australia
Abstract :
A national perspective on software tool assessment can be derived by comparing objective economic needs with the interests of the software tool community. Australia´s unique combination of size, small population and small location suggest a preference for open tools that support distributed development, which compares interestingly with actual practice
Keywords :
DP industry; economics; software performance evaluation; software selection; software tools; Australia; distributed development; economic needs; national perspective; open tools; small population; software selection; software tool assessment; software tool community; Australia; Computer aided software engineering; Computer science education; Cultural differences; Geography; Information analysis; Information systems; Research and development; Software maintenance; Software tools;
Conference_Titel :
Assessment of Software Tools, 1996., Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Toronto, Ont.
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7390-7
DOI :
10.1109/AST.1996.506484
