Improving project processes: Best practice case study

Construction Innovation

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 69-82

  Sarshar, M ^a   Haigh, R ^b   Amaratunga, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capability maturity model; Process improvement; Process maturity; Project management; SPICE

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993044907     PISSN: 14714175     EISSN: 14770857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14714170410815015     Document Type: Article

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