OWPL: A gradual approach for software process improvement in SMEs

Proceedings - 32nd Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, SEAA

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 328-335

  Alexandre, Simon ^a   Renault, Alain ^b   Habra, Naji ^c  

^a Centre d'Excellence en Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication   (Belgium)

^b LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROCESS DESIGN; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

SOFTWARE BUSINESSES; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT (SPI); THREE NESTED MODELS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 34547455459     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EUROMICRO.2006.48     Document Type: Conference Paper

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