Assuring quality and usability in open source software development

First International Workshop on Emerging Trends in FLOSS Research and Development, FLOSS'07

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2-6

  Hedberg, Henrik ^a   Iivari, Netta ^a   Rajanen, Mikko ^a   Harjumaa, Lasse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; OPEN SYSTEMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE QUALITY;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 36049039501     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FLOSS.2007.2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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