Applying a framework for the improvement of software process maturity

Software - Practice and Experience

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 283-304

  Canfora, Gerardo ^a   García, Félix ^b   Piattini, Mario ^b   Ruiz, Francisco ^b   Visaggio, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Improvement; Measurement; Software process modelling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; IMPROVEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT THEORY;

ACTION-RESEARCH; PROCESS MODELS; SOFTWARE PROCESS MODELLING;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 33644808059     PISSN: 00380644     EISSN: 1097024X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/spe.697     Document Type: Article

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