A controlled experiment to assess the impact of system architectures on new system requirements

Requirements Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 215-233

  Ferrari, Remo ^a   Miller, James A ^a   Madhavji, Nazim H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Controlled study; Empirical study; Requirements engineering; Software architecture; Software engineering; Software process

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; EMPIRICAL STUDY; END USERS; EXISTING SYSTEMS; NEW SYSTEM; REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS; SCIENTIFIC STUDIES; SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES;

ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ENGINEERING; PROCESS CONTROL; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 77953025524     PISSN: 09473602     EISSN: 1432010X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00766-010-0099-3     Document Type: Article

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