Applying and adjusting a software process improvement model in practice: the use of the IDEAL model in a small software enterprise

Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 626-633

  Kautz, Karlheinz ^a   Hansen, Henrik Westergaard ^a   Thaysen, Kim ^a  

^a Copenhagen Business Sch ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPROVEMENT MODELS; SMALL SOFTWARE ENTERPRISE; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0033725301     PISSN: 02705257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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