The role of user involvement in requirements quality and project success

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 75-84

  Kujala, Sari ^a   Kauppinen, Marjo ^a   Lehtola, Laura ^a   Kojo, Tero ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

INTERVIEWS; USER INVOLVEMENT; USER SATISFACTION;

REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

EID: 27644528209     PISSN: 1090705X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/re.2005.72     Document Type: Conference Paper

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