Lean software management: BBC worldwide case study

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-32

  Middleton, Peter ^a   Joyce, David ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ThoughtWorks US   (United States)

Author keywords

Agile; capability maturity model integrated (CMMI); development; lead time; lean; process; software; statistical process control

Indexed keywords

AGILE; CAPABILITY MATURITY MODEL INTEGRATED; DEVELOPMENT; LEAD TIME; LEAN; PROCESS; STATISTICAL PROCESS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 84856450782     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2010.2081675     Document Type: Article

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