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Software Process Improvement At Raytheon

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Thomas J. HaleyAuthors Info & Claims

IEEE Software, Volume 13, Issue 6

Pages 33 - 41

https://doi.org/10.1109/52.542292

Published: 01 November 1996 Publication History

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Over the last eight years, Raytheon mounted a sustained effort to improve its software development processes. The author describes the organizational structure and activities that made these processes more productive and predictable while raising software quality.

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November 1996

107 pages

ISSN:0740-7459

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