Using a situational method engineering approach to identify reusable method fragments from the secure TROPOS methodology

Journal of Object Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 93-125

  Low, Graham ^a   Mouratidis, Haralambos ^b   Henderson Sellers, Brian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Method fragments; Secure software engineering; Secure tropos; Situational method engineering

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956382145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16601769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5381/jot.2010.9.4.a5     Document Type: Article

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