Exploring the effects of process characteristics on product quality in open source software development

Journal of Database Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 31-57

  Koch, Stefan ^a   Neumann, Christian ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Open source software; Process metrics; Product metrics; Software development; Software engineering

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; OPEN SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT; OBJECT ORIENTED SOFTWARE; OPEN SOURCE DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS CHARACTERISTICS; PROCESS METRICS; PRODUCT METRICS; PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS; SOURCE CODE REPOSITORIES;

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE;

EID: 50549084181     PISSN: 10638016     EISSN: 15338010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jdm.2008040102     Document Type: Article

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