Measurement programs in software development: Determinants of success

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 863-875

  Gopal, Anandasivam ^a   Krishnan, M S ^b   Mukhopadhyay, Tridas ^c   Goldenson, Dennis R ^d  

^a PRTM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Determinants of success; Empirical methods; Measurement programs; Regression analysis; Software development; Software engineering; Software metrics programs; Survey

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

SOFTWARE METRICS PROGRAMS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0036709176     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSE.2002.1033226     Document Type: Article

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