Developing measurement systems: An industrial case study

Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 89-107

  Staron, Miroslaw ^a   Meding, Wilhelm ^b   Karlsson, Göran ^b   Nilsson, Christer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b ERICSSON RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

measurement; software engineering; software metrics

Indexed keywords

ERICSSON; INDUSTRIAL CASE STUDY; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; ISO/IEC 15939; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; SOFTWARE ENTITIES; SOFTWARE METRICS; STANDARD DEVELOPMENT;

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INDUSTRY; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STANDARDIZATION;

MEASUREMENTS;

EID: 79952034574     PISSN: 1532060X     EISSN: 15320618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smr.470     Document Type: Article

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