Overcoming requirements engineering challenges: Lessons from offshore outsourcing

IEEE Software

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 38-44

  Bhat, Jyoti M ^a   Gupta, Mayank ^a   Murthy, Santhosh N ^a  

^a INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES LTD   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULTIPLE GROUPS CHANNEL; OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING; STRATEGIC SUCCESS FACTOR;

INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; OUTSOURCING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

EID: 33947160541     PISSN: 07407459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MS.2006.137     Document Type: Article

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