Managing software process measurement: A metamodel-based approach

Information Sciences

Volumn 177, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2570-2586

  Garcia F ^a   Serrano, M ^a   Cruz Lemus, J ^a   Ruiz, F ^a   Piattini, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Measurement; Metamodelling; Software process

Indexed keywords

PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCTIVITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT; METAMODELING; SOFTWARE MEASUREMENT MODELS; SOFTWARE PROCESS;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 34047234602     PISSN: 00200255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2007.01.018     Document Type: Article

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