Software Process Improvement barriers: A cross-cultural comparison

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1204-1216

  Niazi, Mahmood ^a,b   Babar, Muhammad Ali ^c   Verner, June M ^d  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^c IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

CMMI; Cross cultural; Empirical study; Software Process Improvement barriers

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CMMI; CROSS-CULTURAL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISONS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; GLOBALISATION; IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE PRACTITIONERS; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; VIET NAM;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 77956398604     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2010.06.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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