Six Sigma in software quality

TQM Magazine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 364-373

  Hong, G Y ^a   Goh, T N ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Quality; Software tools; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; STATISTICAL METHODS; STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL;

SIX SIGMA SOFTWARE PROGRAM; SOFTWARE QUALITY;

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0348041727     PISSN: 0954478X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09544780310502697     Document Type: Article

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