Experiences from conducting semi-structured interviews in empirical software engineering research

Proceedings - International Software Metrics Symposium

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 10-23

  Hove, Siw Elisabeth ^a   Anda, Bente ^a  

^a SIMULA RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COSTS; DATA ACQUISITION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

DATA COLLECTION; PROJECT ARTIFACTS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33749051841     PISSN: 15301435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/METRICS.2005.24     Document Type: Conference Paper

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