Requirements prioritization based on benefit and cost prediction: A method classification framework

EUROMICRO 2008 - Proceedings of the 34th EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, SEAA 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 240-247

  Daneva, Maya ^a   Herrmann, Andrea ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Grounded Theory; Non Functional Requirements; Quantitative Prioritization; Requirements Prioritization; Software Economics

Indexed keywords

PROGRAMMING THEORY; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

GROUNDED THEORY; NON-FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS; QUANTITATIVE PRIORITIZATION; REQUIREMENTS PRIORITIZATION; SOFTWARE ECONOMICS;

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

EID: 60349105434     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SEAA.2008.46     Document Type: Conference Paper

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