The impact of process choice in high maturity environments: An empirical analysis

Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 529-539

  Ramasubbu, Narayan ^a   Balan, Rajesh Krishna ^a  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGILE METHODS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FIELD STUDIES; KEY PROCESS AREAS; PROJECT PERFORMANCE; PROJECT SIZE; PROJECT TEAM; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; SOFTWARE PROJECT;

BENCHMARKING; DEFECT DENSITY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 77949896546     PISSN: 02705257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSE.2009.5070551     Document Type: Conference Paper

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