The effectiveness of knowledge transfer portfolios in software process improvement: A field study

Information Systems Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 301-320

  Slaughter, Sandra A ^a   Kirsch, Laurie J ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge transfer; Knowledge transfer mechanism portfolios; Management of information systems; Portfolio composition; Portfolio intensity; Software process improvement

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PROCESS ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER MECHANISMS; MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PORTFOLIO INTENSITY; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33748548344     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1060.0098     Document Type: Article

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