Noesis: Towards a situational method engineering technique

Information Systems

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 181-222

  Dominguez E ^a   Zapata, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Completeness; Meta model transformations; Meta modelling technique; Method customization; Minimality; Situational method engineering

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

COMPLETENESS; META MODEL TRANSFORMATIONS; META MODELLING TECHNIQUES; METHOD CUSTOMIZATION; MINIMALITY; SITUATIONAL METHOD ENGINEERING;

INFORMATION THEORY;

EID: 33751171298     PISSN: 03064379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.is.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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