Analysis of requirements volatility during software development life cycle

Proceedings of the Australian Software Engineering Conference, ASWEC

Volumn 2004, Issue , 2004, Pages 28-37

  Nurmuliani, N ^a   Zowghi, Didar ^a   Fowell, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Causal analysis; Requirements volatility; Taxonomy of change

Indexed keywords

CAUSAL ANALYSIS; CHANGE MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL CASE STUDY; REQUIREMENTS VOLATILITY; TAXONOMY OF CHANGES;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DATA REDUCTION; LIFE CYCLE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SPECIFICATIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 2942592144     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ASWEC.2004.1290455     Document Type: Conference Paper

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