Total quality in software development: An empirical study of quality drivers and benefits in Indian software projects

Information and Management

Volumn 47, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 372-379

  Rothenberger, Marcus A ^a   Kao, Yi Ching ^b   Van Wassenhove, Luk N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Menlo College   (United States)

^c INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

Empirical study of software projects; Error rate; Quality control; Software Productivity; Software quality; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTIVITY; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; ERROR RATE; KEY DETERMINANTS; PRODUCT QUALITY; QUALITY DRIVER; QUALITY FACTORS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE PRODUCTIVITY; SOFTWARE PROJECT; SOFTWARE QUALITY;

PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; SOFTWARE DESIGN; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION;

EID: 78649476456     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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