@inproceedings{849ed95a0cb240e1a000d912c65dc404,
title = "Networked technologies - the role of networks in the diffusion and adoption of software process improvement (SPI) approaches: Panel 2",
abstract = "Software process improvement (SPI) is a field of research and practice focused on improving the practice of software engineering by frequently introducing new methods and technical tools attuned to the managerial and processoriented aspects of software development. Social networks play a key role in the adoption and diffusion of software process improvement as a networked technology. This panel addressed actual examples of SPI networks and identified key characteristics of and roles in these emergent networks.",
keywords = "Adoption and diffusion, Networks, Social networks, Software process improvement, SPI",
author = "Karlheinz Kautz and Linda Levine and Bill Hefley and J{\o}rn Johansen and Kristensen, {Carsten H{\o}jmose} and Nielsen, {Peter Axel}",
year = "2004",
language = "English",
isbn = "1402078153",
series = "I F I P Advances in Information and Communication Technology",
publisher = "Springer Publishing Company",
pages = "203--212",
booktitle = "Networked Information Technologies",
address = "United States",
note = "IFIP TC8/WG8.6 Working Conference on the Diffusion and Adoption of Networked Information Technologies ; Conference date: 06-10-2003 Through 08-10-2003",
}