Software process improvement: Making it happen in practice

Software Quality Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 265-274

  Sweeney, A ^a   Bustard, D W ^b  

^a AVX Ltd   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Process improvement; Quality Management System

Indexed keywords

PROCESS ENGINEERING;

ELECTRONICS COMPANY; IT ORGANIZATIONS; PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; QUALITY STANDARD; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT;

QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0642331753     PISSN: 09639314     EISSN: 15731367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018572321182     Document Type: Article

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