The fundamental nature of requirements engineering activities as a decision-making process

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 945-954

  Aurum, Aybüke ^a   Wohlin, Claes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Classical decision making model; Project management; Requirement engineering activities; Requirements decisions

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET;

INTEGRATED SOFTWARE SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0141733120     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-5849(03)00096-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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