Asking the right questions to elicit product requirements

International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 283-298

  Wang, Min ^a   Zeng, Yong ^a  

^a Concordia University ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Engineering design; Question asking; Question generation; Requirements elicitation

Indexed keywords

LINGUISTICS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

ENGINEERING DESIGN; KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE; LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS; PRODUCT REQUIREMENTS; QUESTION GENERATION; QUESTION-ASKING; REQUIREMENTS ELICITATION; TOPOLOGICAL STRUCTURE;

SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

EID: 73349101378     PISSN: 0951192X     EISSN: 13623052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09511920802232902     Document Type: Conference Paper

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