A collaborative software code inspection: The design and evaluation of a repeatable collaboration process in the field

International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 205-228

  De Vreede, Gert Jan ^a   Koneri, Pushpa G ^b   Dean, Douglas L ^c   Fruhling, Ann L ^b   Wolcott, Peter ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Action research; Code inspection; Collaboration; Collaboration Engineering; Fagan inspection; Group Support Systems; Thinklets

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646517284     PISSN: 02188430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218843006001347     Document Type: Conference Paper

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