Case studies in process improvement through retrospective analysis of release planning decisions

International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 885-915

  Karlsson, Lena ^a   Regnell, Björn ^a   Thelin, Thomas ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Case study; Process improvement; Release planning decision making

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MARKETING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; RELEASE PLANNING DECISION MAKING; REQUIREMENTS SELECTION; SOFTWARE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 33846648419     PISSN: 02181940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218194006003014     Document Type: Article

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