Process-centered software engineering environments a brief history and future challenges

Annals of Software Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 363-382

  Gruhn, Volker ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Process centered software engineering environment; Software process; Software process middleware

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; PROCESS CONTROL; PROGRAM DEBUGGING; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

PROCESS-CENTERED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0036393941     PISSN: 10227091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020522111961     Document Type: Article

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