Overscoping: Reasons and consequences - A case study on decision making in software product management

2010 4th International Workshop on Software Product Management, IWSPM 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 30-39

  Bjarnason, Elizabeth ^a   Wnuk, Krzysztof ^a   Regnell, Björn ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Case study; Empirical study; Requirements scoping; Software release planning

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDY; CORE PART; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; INTERVIEW STUDY; KEY FACTORS; RELEASE MANAGEMENT; RELEASE PLANNING; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; SCOPE MANAGEMENT; SCOPING; SOFTWARE PRODUCT MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE PRODUCTS;

RESEARCH;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 78650385240     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IWSPM.2010.5623866     Document Type: Conference Paper

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