Motivators of Software Process Improvement: An Analysis of Vietnamese Practitioners’ Views

11th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering, EASE 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Niazi, Mahmood ^a   Babar, Muhammad Ali ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Empirical Study; Motivators; Software Process Improvement

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

BEST PRACTICES; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES; MOTIVATOR; PERCEIVED VALUE; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT IMPLEMENTATION; TEAM LEADERS; TOPDOWN; VIETNAMESE;

JOB SATISFACTION;

EID: 84865521075     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EASE2007.11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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