Improving the quality of use case descriptions: Empirical assessment of writing guidelines

Software Quality Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 383-399

  Phalp, Keith Thomas ^a   Vincent, Jonathan ^a   Cox, Karl ^b  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CASE DESCRIPTION; EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT; GRAMMATICAL CONSTRUCTION; INDUSTRIAL CONTEXT; SET OF RULES; WRITING GUIDELINES;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION;

EID: 36549018719     PISSN: 09639314     EISSN: 15731367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11219-007-9023-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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