Commitment to Software Process Improvement - Development of Diagnostic Tool to Facilitate Improvement

Software Quality Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-76

  Abrahamsson, Pekka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Commitment; Diagnostic tool; Self perception theory; Software process improvement

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE AGENTS; SOFTWARE TESTING;

BEHAVIOR-BASED; COMMITMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; EMPIRICAL TEST; PROCESS IMPROVEMENT MODELS; SELF-PERCEPTION THEORY; SOFTWARE PROCESS; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 1542394250     PISSN: 09639314     EISSN: 15731367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008978919720     Document Type: Article

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