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Book Title: User-Developer Cooperation In Software Development: Building...
Item Length: 9.3in
Item Width: 6.1in
Author: Eamonn O'neill
Publication Name: User-Developer Cooperation in Software Development : Building Common Ground and Usable Systems
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Springer London, The Limited
Publication Year: 2001
Series: Distinguished Dissertations Ser.
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 50.8 Oz
Number of Pages: Xiii, 317 Pages
