How do real options concepts fit in agile requirements engineering?

8th ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications, SERA 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 231-238

  Racheva, Zornitza ^a   Daneva, Maya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agile software development; Business value; Case study; Decision making process; Real Options; Requirements prioritization

Indexed keywords

AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; BUSINESS VALUE; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; REAL OPTIONS; REQUIREMENTS PRIORITIZATION;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 77955310526     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SERA.2010.37     Document Type: Conference Paper

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