Structural analysis of the impact of knowledge creation and knowledge embedding on software process capability

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 270-284

  Ravichandran, T ^a   Rai, Arun ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Process maturity; Software process management; Systems development

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

KNOWLEDGE CREATION; KNOWLEDGE EMBEDDING; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; PROCESS MATURITY; SOFTWARE PROCESS CAPABILITY; SOFTWARE PROCESS MANAGEMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0242270692     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2003.817278     Document Type: Article

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