An organizational maturity model of software product line engineering

Software Quality Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-225

  Ahmed, Faheem ^a   Capretz, Luiz Fernando ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Product Line; Software; Software engineering; Software process assessment; Software process improvement; Software process maturity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SURVEYS;

EVALUATION METHODOLOGIES; ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR; ORGANIZATIONAL DIMENSIONS; PRODUCT-LINES; SOFTWARE PROCESS; SOFTWARE PROCESS ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; SOFTWARE PRODUCT LINE ENGINEERINGS;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 77952093420     PISSN: 09639314     EISSN: 15731367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11219-009-9088-5     Document Type: Article

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