Commitment in software process improvement - In search of the process

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 3239-3248

  Abrahamsson, P ^a   Iivari, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coordinate measuring machines; Feedback; Industrial psychology; SPICE

Indexed keywords

COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINES; FEEDBACK; PROCESS ENGINEERING; SPICE;

ACTION RESEARCH; INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY; ORGANIZATIONAL LEVELS; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 84902276219     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2002.994403     Document Type: Conference Paper

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