Evidence-based guidelines to defect causal analysis

IEEE Software

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 16-18

  Kalinowski, Marcos ^a   Card, David N ^b   Travassos, Guilherme H ^c  

^a Kali Software ^*  (Brazil)

^b DNV GL   (Norway)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

DCA; default causal analysis; defect prevention; software process improvement

Indexed keywords

CAPABILITY MATURITY MODEL INTEGRATION; CAUSAL ANALYSIS; DCA; DEFECT CAUSAL ANALYSIS; DEFECT PREVENTION; REFERENCE MODELS; RESEARCH PROTOCOL; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT;

INTERNET PROTOCOLS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84865350033     PISSN: 07407459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MS.2012.72     Document Type: Article

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