Software Process Improvement as organizational change: A metaphorical analysis of the literature

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2128-2146

  Müller, Sune Dueholm ^a   Mathiassen, Lars ^b   Balshøj, Hans Henrik ^c  

^a Terma AS   (Denmark)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SYSTEMATIC A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Images of Organization; Literature review; Metaphors; Organizational change; Software Process Improvement

Indexed keywords

IMAGES OF ORGANIZATION; LITERATURE REVIEWS; METAPHORS; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT;

MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 77957356427     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2010.06.017     Document Type: Article

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