An empirical methodology for introducing software processes

Proceedings of the ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 288-296

  Shull, Forrest ^a   Carver, Jeffrey ^a   Travassos, Guilherme H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Empirical studies; Experimental process; OO design inspections; Software process; Software quality

Indexed keywords

ITERATIVE METHODS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; RISK MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

SOFTWARE PROCESSES;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0035784001     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/503271.503248     Document Type: Conference Paper

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