Utilization of statistical process control (SPC) in emergent software organizations: Pitfalls and suggestions

Software Quality Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-157

  Sargut, K U ^a   Demirors O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Control chart; Defect density; Inspection performance; Rework percentage; Statistical process control

Indexed keywords

COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINES; DEFECT DENSITY; INDUSTRY; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL;

CONTROL CHARTS; MATURITY LEVELS; MEASUREMENT DATA; PERFORMANCE METRICS; REWORK PERCENTAGE; SOFTWARE COMPANY; SOFTWARE ORGANIZATION; STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROLS (SPC);

APPLICATION PROGRAMS;

EID: 33746927551     PISSN: 09639314     EISSN: 15731367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11219-006-7599-x     Document Type: Article

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