Beyond software factories: Concurrent-development process and an evolution of software process technology in Japan

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 133-143

  Aoyama, Mikio ^a,b  

^a NIIGATA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Software development environment; Software development management; Software process

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; QUALITY CONTROL; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STANDARDIZATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CONCURRENT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; JAPAN; LEAN PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; PROCESS MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE FACTORIES; SOFTWARE INDUSTRY; SOFTWARE PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; TOTAL QUALITY CONTROL;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 0029709959     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0950-5849(95)01068-8     Document Type: Article

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