Aligning software project decisions: A case study

International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 795-818

  Aurum, Aybüke ^a   Wohlin, Claes ^b   Porter, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alignment of decisions; Business objectives; Product decisions; Project decisions; Requirements engineering decisions

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DECISION MAKING; INVESTMENTS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ALIGNMENT OF DECISIONS; BUSINESS OBJECTIVES; PRODUCT DECISIONS; PROJECT DECISIONS; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING DECISIONS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33846608154     PISSN: 02181940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218194006003002     Document Type: Article

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