Architectural effects on requirements decisions: An exploratory study

7th IEEE/IFIP Working Conference on Software Architecture, WICSA 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 231-240

  Miller, James A ^a   Ferrari, Remo ^a   Madhavji, Nazim H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FINANCE; INSURANCE; MIDDLEWARE; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PLANNING; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY;

ARCHITECTURE TECHNOLOGY; ENGINEERING TEAMS; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; META MODELLING; PROJECT PLANNING; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTING; SOFTWARE INFRASTRUCTURES; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS;

SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 49949098096     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WICSA.2008.31     Document Type: Conference Paper

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