Management of process improvement by prescription

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 9-19

  Middleton, Peter ^a   McCollum, Barry ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Methodology; Prescriptive software development; Structured systems analysis and design method (SSADM)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INFORMATION SCIENCE; PERSONNEL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

METHODOLOGY; PRESCRIPTIVE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; STRUCTURED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN METHOD (SSADM);

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0035957819     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0164-1212(00)00113-8     Document Type: Article

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