Software process maturity and certification

Journal of Systems Architecture

Volumn 42, Issue 8 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 611-620

  Bicego, Adriana ^a   Kuvaja, Pasi ^b  

^a Etnoteam SpA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Certification; Process assessment; Process improvement; Process maturity; Quality system

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042039016     PISSN: 13837621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-7621(96)00045-8     Document Type: Article

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