Requirements management in practice: Findings from an empirical study in the automotive industry

Research in Engineering Design

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 113-134

  Almefelt, Lars ^a   Berglund, Fredrik ^a   Nilsson, Patrik ^a   Malmqvist, Johan ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Automotive engineering; Distributed product development; Empirical study; Requirements

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; PASSENGER CARS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

DISTRIBUTED PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; EFFICIENT REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; PASSENGER CAR COCKPITS;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33750969990     PISSN: 09349839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00163-006-0023-5     Document Type: Article

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