An evaluation of CMMI process areas for small- To medium-sized software development organisations

Software Process Improvement and Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 189-201

  Wilkie, F G ^a   McFall, D ^a   McCaffery, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CMMI; Light weight appraisal; SME; Software engineering practices

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DESIGN; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL;

CAPABILITY MATURITY MODEL INTEGRATED (CMMI); LIGHT-WEIGHT APPRAISAL; SMALL- TO MEDIUM-SIZED (SME) COMPANIES; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PRACTICES;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 20744447597     PISSN: 10774866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/spip.223     Document Type: Conference Paper

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