How internationalization of a product changes requirements engineering activities: An exploratory study

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

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 163-172

  Jantunen, Sami ^a   Smolander, Kari ^a   Gause, Donald C ^b  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PAPER; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

EXPLORATORY STUDIES; HUMAN INTERACTIONS; MARKET AREAS; PRODUCT OFFERINGS; SOFTWARE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENTS; SOFTWARE PRODUCTS;

ENGINEERING;

EID: 47949124158     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RE.2007.34     Document Type: Conference Paper

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