The Dangers of Using Measurement to (Mis)Manage: Measuring the Software Process

ASQ Annual Quality Congress Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 551-560

  Dekkers, Carol ^a   McQuaid, Patricia ^b  

^a Quality Plus Technologies Inc   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural change; Quality; Software measurement

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CHANGES; SOFTWARE MEASUREMENT;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PLANNING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 1542335392     PISSN: 10807764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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