Supporting the dynamic reprioritization of requirements in agile development of software products

2008 2nd International Workshop on Software Product Management, ISWPM'08

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 49-57

  Racheva, Zornitza ^a   Daneva, Maya ^a   Buglione, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agile development; Inter iteration decision making process; Requirements prioritization

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; USER EXPERIENCE;

AGILE DEVELOPMENT; AGILE REQUIREMENTS; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY; LITERATURE REVIEWS; PRIORITIZATION PROCESS; REQUIREMENTS PRIORITIZATION; SOFTWARE PRODUCTS;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

EID: 64849090619     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IWSPM.2008.7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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