A note on the evolution of software engineering practices

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-7

  Drehmer, David E ^a,b,c   Dekleva, Sasa M ^a,d,e,f,g  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Performance Enhancement Institute

^d UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Software development; Software engineering practices; Software process evolution; Software process maturity model

Indexed keywords

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PRACTICES; SOFTWARE PROCESS EVOLUTION; SOFTWARE PROCESS MATURITY MODEL;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTION;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0035957768     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0164-1212(00)00112-6     Document Type: Article

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