Using multi dimensional scaling to analyse software engineers' de-motivators for SPI

Software Process Improvement and Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 511-522

  Baddoo, Nathan ^a   Hall, Tracy ^a   O'Keeffe, Ciaran ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

De motivators; MDS; Practitioner; Software process improvement; SSA

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; MANAGERS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

DE MOTIVATORS; PRACTITIONER; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 37749051513     PISSN: 10774866     EISSN: 10991670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/spip.352     Document Type: Conference Paper

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