Institutionalization of software product line: An empirical investigation of key organizational factors

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 836-849

  Ahmed, Faheem ^a   Capretz, Luiz Fernando ^a   Sheikh, Shahbaz Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Empirical software engineering; Organizational behavior; Organizational management; Organizational theory; Software product line

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR; ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY; SOFTWARE PRODUCT LINE;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33947384858     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2006.09.010     Document Type: Article

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