Do students recognize ambiguity in software design? A multi-national, multi-institutional report

Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 615-616

  Blaha, Ken ^a   Monge, Alvaro ^b   Sanders, Dean ^c   Simon, Beth ^d   VanDeGrift, Tammy ^e  

^a PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Requirements; Software design

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUITY; POST SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SOFTWARE DESIGN DESCRIPTION;

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33244461728     PISSN: 02705257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSE.2005.1553613     Document Type: Conference Paper

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