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Software Process Improvement: Metrics, Measurement, and Process Modelling

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Three perspectives on Software Process Improvement through Metrics are given in this chapter. The views of Norman Fenton and José D. Carrillo Verdun were presented at EUREX Metrics Workshops in the UK and Spain respectively. Terttu Orci was an active member of the Nordic EUREX team and made a study of Metrics Quality in relevant Process Improvement Experiments.

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  1. SISU, Kista

    Lars Bergman

  2. City University, London

    Norman Fenton

  3. AEMES, Madrid

    José D. Carrillo Verdún

  4. SISU, Stockholm University, Stockholm

    Terttu Orci

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  1. HIGHWARE GmbH, Winzererstraße 46, 80797, München, Germany

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  2. Swedisch Institute for Systems Development (SISU), Electrum 212, 16440, Kista, Sweden

    Lars Bergman

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Bergman, L., Fenton, N., Verdún, J.D.C., Orci, T. (2001). Perspectives. In: Haug, M., Olsen, E.W., Bergman, L. (eds) Software Process Improvement: Metrics, Measurement, and Process Modelling. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56618-9_4

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