Alignment of Software Product Quality Goals in Two Outsourcing Relationships

14th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering, EASE 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Barney, Sebastian ^a   Wohlin, Claes ^a  

^a BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Case Study; Outsourcing; Priorities; Quality

Indexed keywords

QUALITY CONTROL; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

CASE-STUDIES; INFORMATICS; OUTSOURCING RELATIONSHIPS; PRIORITY; QUALITY; QUALITY GOALS; SOFTWARE PRODUCT QUALITY; STAKEHOLDER GROUPS; SUCCESS CRITICAL STAKEHOLDERS; VALUE-BASED SOFTWARE ENGINEERINGS;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 81255189393     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EASE2007.8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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