Initiating software process improvement in very small enterprises. Experience with a light assessment tool

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 763-771

  Habra, Naji ^a   Alexandre, Simon ^b   Desharnais, Jean Marc ^c   Laporte, Claude Y ^c   Renault, Alain ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

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

^c ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

^d LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

CMMISM; Micro Evaluation; OWPL; Process evaluation; Small settings; Software Process Improvement (SPI); Very Small Enterprises (VSE)

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

PROCESS EVALUATION; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT (SPI); VERY SMALL ENTERPRISES (VSE);

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 42649109062     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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