Low-rigour, rapid software process assessments for small software development firms

Proceedings of the Australian Software Engineering Conference, ASWEC

Volumn 2004, Issue , 2004, Pages 368-377

  Cater Steel, Alleen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; SOFTWARE INDUSTRIES; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT (SPI); SOFTWARE QUALITY;

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; COMPUTER SCIENCE; COSTS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 2942530482     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ASWEC.2004.1290490     Document Type: Conference Paper

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