Empirical study of Sommerville and Sawyer's requirements engineering practices

IET Software

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 339-355

  Cox, K ^a   Niazi, M ^b   Verner, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CASE; CHANGE MANAGEMENT PROCESS; DATA DICTIONARY; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; GOOD PRACTICES; IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS; INDUSTRY PRACTICES; INITIAL ASSESSMENT; PERCEIVED VALUE; PROJECT MANAGERS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEM BOUNDARY; SYSTEM MODELLING; TEST CASE;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

EID: 70349751762     PISSN: 17518806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-sen.2008.0076     Document Type: Article

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