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A comparison of U.S. and Japanese software process maturity

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Watts S. Humphrey,

David H. Kitson,

Julia GaleAuthors Info & Claims

ICSE '91: Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Software engineering

Pages 38 - 49

Published: 01 May 1991 Publication History

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ICSE '91: Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Software engineering

May 1991

359 pages

ISBN:0897913914

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Les Belady
Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corp.
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David Barstow
Schlumberger Lab Computer Science
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Koji Torii
Osaka Univ.

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