Commitment nets in software process improvement

Annals of Software Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 407-438

  Abrahamsson, Pekka ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS; PROCESS CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL; SIMULATION;

COMMITMENT NETS; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT (SPI);

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0036393936     PISSN: 10227091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020526329708     Document Type: Article

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