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The state of software engineering practice

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Watts S. Humphrey,

David H. Kitson,

Tim C. KasseAuthors Info & Claims

ICSE '89: Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Software engineering

Pages 277 - 285

https://doi.org/10.1145/74587.74626

Published: 15 May 1989 Publication History

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The state of software engineering practice
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Management of computing and information systems
      1. Project and people management
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Designing software
      1. Requirements analysis
    2. Software development process management
  2. Software notations and tools
    1. Software configuration management and version control systems

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ICSE '89: Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Software engineering

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ISBN:0818619414

DOI:10.1145/74587

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Software Engineering Institute
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