SPICE: A business process diagnostics tool for construction projects

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 241-250

  Sarshar, M ^a   Haigh, R ^a   Finnemore, M ^a   Aouad, G ^a   Barrett, P ^a   Baldry, D ^a   Sexton, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capability Maturity Model (CMM); Process assessment; Process capability; Process enablers; Process improvement; SPICE

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993090743     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb021149     Document Type: Review

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