Ethnographically-informed empirical studies of software practice

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 540-551

  Robinson, Hugh ^a   Segal, Judith ^a   Sharp, Helen ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Field studies; Qualitative analysis; Software practice

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

FIELD STUDIES; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE PRACTICE;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 34247142003     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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