Software process improvement in SMEs: A comparative view

Computer Science and Information Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 111-140

  Mishra, Deepti ^a   Mishra, Alok ^a  

^a ATILIM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Small and medium enterprises; SME; Software process improvement; Software quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349730081     PISSN: 18200214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/CSIS0901111M     Document Type: Article

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