A systems perspective on software process improvement

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 2559, Issue , 2002, Pages 4-18

  Birk, Andreas ^a   Pfahl, Dietmar ^b  

^a sd m AG   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER IESE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROCESS ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

CORRECTIVE ACTIONS; EXPERIENCE FACTORY; IMPROVEMENT METHODS; MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES; MANAGEMENT AND CONTROLS; PROJECT MANAGERS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING METHODS; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84875123689     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-36209-6_4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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