The use and effects of an electronic process guide and experience repository: a longitudinal study

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 566-577

  Kurniawati, Felicia ^a,b   Jeffery, Ross ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electronic process guide; Experience repository; Industry case study; Software process improvement

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

ELECTRONIC PROCESS GUIDE; EXPERIENCE REPOSITORY; INDUSTRY CASE STUDY; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33646682848     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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