Process improvement in four small software companies

Proceedings of the Australian Software Engineering Conference, ASWEC

Volumn 2001-January, Issue , 2001, Pages 262-272

  Cater Steel, Aileen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PROCESS ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

ENGINEERING AUSTRALIA; INITIAL ASSESSMENT; PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; RAPID ASSESSMENT; SMALL SOFTWARE COMPANIES; SOFTWARE DEVELOPER; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 84949223844     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ASWEC.2001.948520     Document Type: Conference Paper

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