Standard based software process assessments in small companies

Software Process Improvement and Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 329-335

  Gresse Von Wangenheim, Christiane ^a   Varkoi, Timo ^b   Salviano, Clênio F ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO ITAJAÍ   (Brazil)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c CenPRA Centro de Pesquisas Renato Archer   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ISO IEC 15504; Small organizations; Software process assessment; Software process improvement

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY OF SERVICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

SMALL ORGANIZATIONS; SOFTWARE PROCESS ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 33745774367     PISSN: 10774866     EISSN: 10991670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/spip.276     Document Type: Conference Paper

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