An examination of software engineering work practices

Proceedings of CASCON - 1st Decade High Impact Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 174-188

  Singer, Janice ^a   Lethbridge, Timothy ^b   Vinson, Norman ^a   Anquetil, Nicolas ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAILY ACTIVITY; DESIGNING TOOLS; ENGINEERING WORKS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERS; USAGE STATISTICS; WORK PRACTICES;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

ENGINEERS;

EID: 79952175787     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1925805.1925815     Document Type: Conference Paper

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