Managing process inconsistency using viewpoints

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 784-799

  Sommerville, Ian ^a   Sawyer, Pete ^a   Viller, Stephen ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS; PROCESS INCONSISTENCY; SAFETY CRITICAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0033345410     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/32.824395     Document Type: Article

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