Experiences introducing a measurement program

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 745-754

  De Panfilis, S ^a   Kitchenham, B ^b   Morfuni, N ^a  

^a ENGINEERING INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA S P A   (Italy)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European Software and Systems Initiative (ESSI); Goal Question Metric (GQM); Process Improvement Experiment (PIE)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; STATISTICAL METHODS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

GOAL QUESTION METRIC (GQM) PARADIGM; PROCESS IMPROVEMENT EXPERIMENT (PIE);

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0031357349     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-5849(97)00033-5     Document Type: Article

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