Reducing software requirement perception gaps through coordination mechanisms

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 650-655

  Chen, Houn Gee ^a   Jiang, James J ^b,c   Klein, Gary ^d   Chen, Jengchung V ^e  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Consonance; Horizontal coordination; Information systems development; Project management; Project partnering; Requirements uncertainty; Software requirements; User perception gaps; Vertical coordination

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; SURVEYS;

CONSONANCE; HORIZONTAL COORDINATION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT PARTNERING; REQUIREMENTS UNCERTAINTY; SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS; USER PERCEPTION GAPS; VERTICAL COORDINATION;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 62849110158     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2008.09.032     Document Type: Article

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