User participation in the requirements engineering process: An empirical study

Requirements Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 4-26

  Ernam, Khaled El ^a   Quintin, Soizic ^b   Madhavji, Nazim H ^a,c  

^a Cent de Recherche Informatique de Montreal   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contingency theory; Empirical study; Requirements engineering success; Uncertainty; User participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349128924     PISSN: 09473602     EISSN: 1432010X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01235763     Document Type: Article

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