The state of software engineering practice

A field study of the software design process for large systems

Bill Curtis, Herb Krasner, Neil Iscoe · Communications of the ACM · 1988 · 2.1K citations · Full text

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Characterizing the software process: a maturity framework

Watts S. Humphrey · IEEE Software · 1988 · 663 citations

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Software Engineering Practices in the US and Japan

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Validating Solutions to Major Problems in Software Engineering Project Management

Thayer, Pyster · Computer · 1982 · 13 citations

Computing, Computer Science, Project Management +12