A quantitative and qualitative analysis of factors affecting software processes

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-21

  Rainer, Austen ^a   Hall, Tracy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT (SPI);

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 0037845176     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0164-1212(02)00059-6     Document Type: Article

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