A review of methods for evaluation of maturity models for process improvement

Journal of software: Evolution and Process

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 436-454

  Helgesson, Yeni Yuqin Li ^a   Höst, Martin ^a   Weyns, Kim ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Mapping study; Maturity models; Software process improvement

Indexed keywords

CAPABILITY MATURITY MODELS; EVALUATION; IN-PROCESS; MAPPING STUDIES; MATURITY MODEL; PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; WEAK POINTS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

MAPPING;

EID: 84863311850     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20477481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smr.560     Document Type: Review

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