Measuring critical factors of software quality management: Development and validation of an instrument

Information Resources Management Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 18-37

  Vitharana, Padmal ^a   Mone, Mark A ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Instrument; Management; Quality; Software; Validation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINES; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENT TESTING; INSTRUMENTS; MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CAPABILITY MATURITY MODELS; CRITICAL FACTORS; IMPLEMENTATION DIFFICULTIES; INHERENT COMPLEXITY; SOFTWARE QUALITY; SOFTWARE QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENTS (TQM); VALIDATION;

QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 70249110495     PISSN: 10401628     EISSN: 15337979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/irmj.2008040102     Document Type: Article

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