Improving the efficiency of use of software engineering practices using product patterns

Information Sciences

Volumn 180, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2721-2742

  Sanchez Segura, Maria Isabel ^a   Medina Dominguez, Fuensanta ^a   De Amescua, Antonio ^a   Mora Soto, Arturo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Collaborative projects development; Collective knowledge; Process usability; Product patterns; Products reuse; Software assets reuse

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS; COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE; PROCESS USABILITY; PRODUCT PATTERNS; PRODUCTS REUSE; SOFTWARE ASSETS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY;

EID: 78049271265     PISSN: 00200255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2010.03.028     Document Type: Article

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