Using an expert panel to validate a requirements process improvement model

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 251-275

  Beecham, Sarah ^a   Hall, Tracy ^a   Britton, Carol ^a   Cottee, Michaela ^a   Rainer, Austen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERT SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; REQUIREMENTS CAPABILITY MATURITY MODEL (R-CMM); SOFTWARE CAPABILITY MATURITY MODEL (SW-CMM);

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 14844295492     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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