The soft system methodology as a framework for software process improvement

Journal of End User Computing

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 12-19

  Bennetts, Peter D C ^a   Wood Harper, A Trevor ^b   Mills, Stella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 11544355087     PISSN: 10632239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/joeuc.1998010102     Document Type: Article

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