Best practices in software measurement: How to use metrics to improve project and process performance

Best Practices in Software Measurement: How to use Metrics to Improve Project and Process Performance

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-295

  Ebert, Christof ^a   Dumke, Reiner ^b   Bundschuh, Manfred ^c   Schmietendorf, Andreas ^d  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Fachbereich Informatik   (Germany)

^d T SYSTEMS   (Germany)

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EID: 84891983644     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/b138013     Document Type: Book

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