An empirical study on views of importance of change impact analysis issues

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 516-530

  Rovegård, Per ^a   Angelis, Lefteris ^b   Wohlin, Claes ^c  

^a ERICSSON RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Change impact analysis; Issues; Organizational level; Perspective; Prioritization

Indexed keywords

CHANGE IMPACT ANALYSIS; CHANGE MANAGEMENT; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; IMPACT ANALYSIS; ISSUES; ON METHODS; ORGANIZATIONAL LEVEL; PERSPECTIVE; PRIORITIZATION; SOFTWARE PROFESSIONALS; TECHNICAL PERSPECTIVE;

EID: 49349099321     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSE.2008.32     Document Type: Conference Paper

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