An industrial experience in process improvement: An early assessment at the Australian Center for Unisys Software

ISESE 2002 - Proceedings, 2002 International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 111-123

  Damian, D ^a   Zowghi, D ^a   Vaidyanathasamy, L ^b   Pal, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Unisys   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

CAPABILITY MATURITY MODELS; EMPIRICAL EVALUATIONS; INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE IN PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP; REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS; REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT; SENIOR MANAGEMENT SUPPORT;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84964626202     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISESE.2002.1166931     Document Type: Conference Paper

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