Software process improvement as emergent change: A structurational analysis

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 668-681

  Allison, I ^a   Merali, Y ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Software package development; Software process improvement; Software quality; Structuration theory

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

SOFTWARE PACKAGE DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; SOFTWARE QUALITY; STRUCTURATION THEORY;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 34247101606     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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