Software process and product improvement: An empirical assessment

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-34

  Kuilboer, J P ^a   Ashrafi, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; STANDARDS;

CAPABILITY MATURITY MODELS (CMM); SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT (SPI);

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0033881854     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-5849(99)00054-3     Document Type: Article

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