Strengthening the link between business decisions and RE: Long-term product planning in software product companies

Proceedings - 15th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 153-162

  Lehtola, Laura ^a   Kauppinen, Marjo ^a   Vähäniitty, Jarno ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ACTION RESEARCHES; BUSINESS DECISIONS; BUSINESS GOALS; BUSINESS MANAGEMENTS; DEVELOPING SOFTWARES; LESSONS LEARNED; PRODUCT PLANNING; SOFTWARE PRODUCT COMPANIES; SOFTWARE PRODUCTS; STRONG LINKS; TIME HORIZONS;

PLANNING;

EID: 47949095137     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RE.2007.59     Document Type: Conference Paper

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