Requirements engineering for e-Government services: A citizen-centric approach and case study

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 477-486

  van Velsen, Lex ^a   van der Geest, Thea ^a   ter Hedde, Marc ^a   Derks, Wijnand ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b Novay   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

e Government; e Services; Requirements engineering; User centered design

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349106750     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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