GMS 450 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sequential Logic, Systems Development Life Cycle, Customer Satisfaction

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 450
• Professor: Peter Monkhouse

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