The impact of software process standardization on software flexibility and project management performance: Control theory perspective

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 889-896

  Liu, Julie Yu Chih ^a   Chen, Victor J ^b   Chan, Chien Lung ^a   Lie, Ting ^a  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Project performance; Software flexibility; Software process improvement; Standardization

Indexed keywords

CONTROL THEORY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

PROJECT PERFORMANCE; SOFTWARE FLEXIBILITY; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT;

STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 44649161374     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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