Understanding the human context in requirements elicitation

Requirements Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 267-283

  Fuentes Fernández, Rubén ^a   Gómez Sanz, Jorge J ^a   Pavón, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activity Checklist; Activity Theory; Conflicts; Elicitation methods; Human context; Software psychology

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CHECKLIST; ACTIVITY THEORY; CONFLICTS; ELICITATION METHODS; HUMAN CONTEXT; SOFTWARE PSYCHOLOGY;

ACTIVITY COEFFICIENTS; ENGINEERS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

EID: 77955848199     PISSN: 09473602     EISSN: 1432010X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00766-009-0087-7     Document Type: Article

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