Teaching the unknown and the unknowable in requirements engineering education

2008 Requirements Engineering Education and Training, REET'08

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 30-37

  Barnes, Raymond J ^a   Gause, Donald C ^a   Way, Eileen C ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING EDUCATION; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

CRITICAL DESIGN; MANAGING REQUIREMENTS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 64849111436     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/REET.2008.6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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