Looking for the human factors in software quality management

Proceedings - 1996 International Conference Software Engineering: Education and Practice, SEEP 1996

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 474-480

  Thomas, S A ^a   Hurley, S F ^b   Barnes, D J ^b  

^a Food Industry Science Centre   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION;

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER; SOFTWARE QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85006065521     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SEEP.1996.534036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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