An empirical study of the complex relationships between requirements engineering processes and other processes that lead to payoffs in productivity, quality, and risk management

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 433-453

  Damian, Daniela ^a   Chisan, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Empirical investigation; Process improvement; Process interactions; Requirements engineering

Indexed keywords

PRODUCTIVITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; PROCESS INTERACTIONS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33947125957     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSE.2006.61     Document Type: Article

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