A longitudinal study of development and maintenance in Norway: Report from the 2003 investigation

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 993-1005

  Krogstie, John ^a   Jahr, Arthur ^b   Sjøberg, Dag I K ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c SIMULA RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Application evolution; Application portfolio upkeep; Survey investigation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SURVEYS;

APPLICATION EVOLUTION; APPLICATION PORTFOLIO UPKEEP; APPLICATION SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 33749258544     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2005.12.008     Document Type: Article

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