A European scheme for software process improvement manager training and certification

Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 269-277

  Nevalainen, Risto ^a   Schweigert, Tomas ^b  

^a Spinet Oy   (Finland)

^b SQS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Certification; Process improvement; Skill set; SPI manager

Indexed keywords

CAPABILITY MATURITY MODELS; CERTIFICATION; CERTIFICATION PROCESS; COMMUNITY OF INTEREST; CURRENT STRUCTURE; EUROPEAN PROJECT; MAIN COMPONENT; PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; REFERENCE MODELS; SERVICE PROCESS; SOFTWARE PROCESS; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS; SOFTWARE PROCESS MODELS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; SPICE;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 77953182089     PISSN: 1532060X     EISSN: 15320618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/spip.438     Document Type: Conference Paper

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