Evaluation and measurement of software process improvement-A systematic literature review

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 398-424

  Unterkalmsteiner, Michael ^a   Gorschek, Tony ^a   Islam, A K M Moinul ^b   Cheng, Chow Kian ^c   Permadi, Rahadian Bayu ^d   Feldt, Robert ^a  

^a BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

^c General Electrics Healthcare   (Germany)

^d Amadeus SAS   (France)

Author keywords

metrics measurement; Process implementation and change; process measurement; systematic literature review

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION STRATEGIES; LONG-TERM MEASUREMENTS; METRICS/MEASUREMENT; PROCESS IMPLEMENTATION AND CHANGE; PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; PROCESS MEASUREMENTS; RETURN ON INVESTMENTS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS; SOFTWARE PROCESS; SOFTWARE PRODUCTS; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; PROFITABILITY;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 84859747286     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSE.2011.26     Document Type: Review

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