Software quality management in turbulent times - Are there alternatives to process oriented software quality management?

Software Quality Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 277-295

  Mellis, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Organizational design; Product development; Quality management; Software management

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE DESIGN; QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CONTINGENCY FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL DYNAMICS; ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGNS; PROCESS MANAGEMENT; PROCESS-ORIENTED; SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TURBULENT ENVIRONMENTS;

QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0013229946     PISSN: 09639314     EISSN: 15731367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1008987423699     Document Type: Article

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