Investigating software process in practice: A grounded theory perspective

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 772-784

  Coleman, Gerry ^a   O'Connor, Rory ^b  

^a DUNDALK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

CMMI; Grounded theory; ISO 9000; Software process improvement; XP

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CMMI; GROUNDED THEORY; ISO 9000; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 40749110575     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2007.07.027     Document Type: Article

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