From fighting fires to building bridges: The role of metaphor in systems requirements

IEEE International Professional Communication Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 813-828

  Casey, Dermot ^a,b,c   Brugha, Cathal ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b IEEE

^c ACM

^d Management Science Society of Ireland   (Ireland)

^e Marketing Institute of Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Communications; Language; Metaphor; Requirements; Systems

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC AFFLICTION; FIRE FIGHTING; METAPHOR; SYSTEMS REQUIREMENTS;

BRIDGES; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

FIRE HAZARDS;

EID: 33745271856     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IPCC.2005.1494256     Document Type: Conference Paper

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