Lightweight SPI assessments: What is the real cost?

Software Process Improvement and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 271-278

  McCaffery, Fergal ^a   Coleman, Gerry ^a  

^a DUNDALK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Assessment findings; Software process improvement (SPI)

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT FINDINGS; ASSESSMENT METHODS; REAL COSTS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE PROCESS; SOFTWARE PROCESS ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT (SPI); SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INTERCHANGES;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 70350309522     PISSN: 10774866     EISSN: 10991670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/spip.430     Document Type: Article

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