Continuous Software Process Improvement Requires Organisational Learning: An Australian Case Study

Software Quality Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-51

  Gasston, Jennifer ^a,b   Halloran, Pat ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Software Quality Institute

Author keywords

Organisational Learning; Organisational Memory; Software Process Assessment; Software Process Improvement; Software Quality

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; PROCESS ENGINEERING;

ORGANISATIONAL LEARNING; ORGANISATIONAL MEMORY; SOFTWARE PROCESS ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; SOFTWARE QUALITY;

APPLICATION PROGRAMS;

EID: 1542603798     PISSN: 09639314     EISSN: 15731367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008974818812     Document Type: Article

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