Q-MOPP: Qualitative evaluation of maintenance organizations, processes and products

Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 249-278

  Briand, Lionel ^a   Kim, Yong M I ^b   Melo, Walcélio ^c   Seaman, Carolyn ^d   Basili, Victor R ^d  

^a FRAUNHOFER IESE   (Germany)

^b Q Labs Inc   (United States)

^c Oracle do Brasil Sistemas Ltda   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Actor dependency modelling; Defect causality; Maintenance management; Maintenance processes; Process modelling; Product modelling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; COSTS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT; MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; MAINTENANCE PROCESSES; PRODUCT MODELLING; QUALITATIVE EVALUATION;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 0032114903     PISSN: 1532060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-908x(199807/08)10:4<249::aid-smr172>3.0.co;2-7     Document Type: Article

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