Extending process improvement into a new organizational unit

Proceedings of the Australian Software Engineering Conference, ASWEC

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 267-276

  Nikula, Uolevi ^a   Oinonen, Petri ^b   Hannola, Lea ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b Agricultural Data Processing Centre Ltd   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHODS; CURRENT PRACTICES; DESIGN PRACTICE; FUNCTIONAL UNITS; ORGANIZATIONAL READINESS; ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT; ORGANIZATIONAL UNITS; POSITIVE ATTITUDE; PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; SOFTWARE COMPANY; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INTERCHANGES;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 70349493343     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ASWEC.2009.44     Document Type: Conference Paper

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