A Maturity Model for the Implementation of Software Process Improvement

Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practise

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 650-655

  Niazi, Mahmood ^a   Wilson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CMM; Software process improvement

Indexed keywords

COSTS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STANDARDS;

CAPABILITY MATURITY MODELS (CMM); SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 1642634584     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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