Factors of Software Process Improvement Success in Small and Large Organizations: An Empirical Study in the Scandinavian Context

Proceedings of the Joint European Software Engineering Conference (ESEC) and SIGSOFT Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE-11)

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 148-157

  Dybå, Tore ^a  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

Critical success factors; Learning software organization; Software process improvement; Survey research

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PERSONNEL; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS; LEARNING SOFTWARE ORGANIZATION; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT (SPI); SURVEY RESEARCH;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 1542376942     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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