Defining early IT system requirements with regulation principles: The lightswitch approach

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 144-153

  Regev, Gil ^a   Wegmann, Alain ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; REGULATION PRINCIPLES; REQUIREMENT METHODS; STAKEHOLDERS;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STERILIZATION (CLEANING);

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 17044403844     PISSN: 1090705X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICRE.2004.1335672     Document Type: Conference Paper

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