How does a measurement programme evolve in software organizations?

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 5089 LNCS, Issue , 2008, Pages 230-243

  Harjumaa, Lasse ^a   Markkula, Jouni ^a   Oivo, Markku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Software measurement; Software metrics; Software process

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MANAGEMENT; CASE STUDIES; CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS; DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; LITERATURE SURVEYS; MEASUREMENT DATA; SOFTWARE MEASUREMENT; SOFTWARE MEASUREMENTS; SOFTWARE METRICS; SOFTWARE ORGANIZATIONS; SOFTWARE PROCESS; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; SUCCESS FACTORS; UPPER MANAGEMENT;

LIFE CYCLE; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SURVEYS;

MEASUREMENTS;

EID: 48349095402     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-69566-0_20     Document Type: Conference Paper

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