Assessment methodology for software process improvement in small organizations

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1044-1061

  Pino, Francisco J ^a,b   Pardo, César ^a   García, Félix ^b   Piattini, Mario ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL CAUCA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assessment methodology; COMPETISOFT; Small software organizations; Software process assessment; Software process improvement; SPI

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES; ASSESSMENT METHODS; INTERNAL ASSESSMENT; PROCESS ASSESSMENTS; PROCESS CAPABILITIES; QUANTITATIVE RESULT; RAPID ASSESSMENT; RUNNING PROCESS; SMALL COMPANIES; SMALL ORGANIZATIONS; SOFTWARE ORGANIZATION; SOFTWARE PROCESS; SOFTWARE PROCESS ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; STEP-BY-STEP;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DIAGNOSIS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 77955429530     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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