Experiences and insights from applying GQM+Strategies in a systems product development organisation

Proceedings - 39th Euromicro Conference Series on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, SEAA 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 70-77

  Munch, Jurgen ^a   Fagerholm, Fabian ^a   Kettunen, Petri ^a   Pagels, Max ^a   Partanen, Jari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Elektrobit Corporation   (Finland)

Author keywords

case study; GQM+Strategies; Measurement; project management; software engineering; strategic alignment

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROCESS; CORPORATE STRATEGIES; GQM+STRATEGIES; INTEGRATED SYSTEMS; ORGANISATIONAL LEVEL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATIONS; PRODUCTS AND SERVICES; STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT;

ALIGNMENT; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; MEASUREMENTS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84889010041     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SEAA.2013.62     Document Type: Conference Paper

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