Problems in measuring effectiveness in software process improvement: A longitudinal study of organizational change at Danske Data

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 30-43

  Iversen, Jakob ^a   Ngwenyama, Ojelanki ^b,c,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin Oshkosh ^*  (Canada)

^e AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Longitudinal process research; Organizational change; Software metrics; Software process improvement

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

LONGITUDINAL PROCESS RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; SOFTWARE METRICS; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 30344474926     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2005.10.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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