A guttman scaling of CMM level 2 practices: Investigating the implementation sequences underlying software engineering maturity

Empirical Software Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 159-177

  Bilotta, John G ^a   Mcgrew, John F ^b  

^a Charles Schwab & Co Inc   (United States)

^b SBC Technology Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Capability Maturity Model; Guttman scaling; Implementation strategies; Level 2; Scalogram analysis

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; OPTIMIZATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; DATA ACQUISITION;

CAPABILITY MATURITY MODEL; GUTTMAN SCALING; IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES; LEVEL 2; SCALOGRAM ANALYSIS; CAPABILITY MATURITY MODEL (CMM); COMMON FEATURE AREAS (CFA); GUTTMAN SCALING TECHNIQUES; KEY PROCESS AREAS (KPA);

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0031624870     PISSN: 13823256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008084231983     Document Type: Article

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