Experiences using visualization techniques to present requirements, risks to them, and options for risk mitigation

First International Workshop on Visualization in Requirements Engineering, REV 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 10-

  Feather, Martin S ^a   Cornford, Steven L ^a   Kiper, James D ^b   Menzies, Tim ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; RISK MANAGEMENT;

PORTFOLIO PLANNING; VISUALIZATION CAPABILITIES;

DATA VISUALIZATION;

EID: 34848852234     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/REV.2006.2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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