Requirements determination for common systems: turning a global vision into a local reality

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 79-104

  Kirsch, Laurie J ^a   Haney, Mark H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study; Common systems; Global systems development; Information requirements determination

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CASE STUDY; COMMON SYSTEMS; GLOBAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT; INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS DETERMINATION;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33646191719     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsis.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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