Organisational maturity and functional performance

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-164

  Belt, Pekka ^a   Oiva Kess, Annukka ^b   Harkonen, Janne ^a   Mottonen, Matti ^a   Kess, Pekka ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b Respecta Oy   (Finland)

^c DIEM   (Italy)

^d International Research and Development Projects   (Finland)

Author keywords

Capability maturity model integration; CMMI; Enterprise development capability; Maturity; P CMM; People capability maturity model; Strategic management; Testing; V2M2; Validation; Verification; Verification and validation maturity model

Indexed keywords

EID: 58449099612     PISSN: 14684330     EISSN: 17418127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMED.2009.022624     Document Type: Article

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