A framework to improve communication during the requirements elicitation process in GSD projects

Requirements Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 397-417

  Aranda, Gabriela N ^a   Vizcaíno, Aurora ^b   Piattini, Mario ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cognitive informatics; Global software development; Requirements elicitation

Indexed keywords

AMOUNT OF INFORMATION; COGNITIVE INFORMATICS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FACE-TO-FACE COMMUNICATIONS; GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; REQUIREMENTS ELICITATION; SHARED UNDERSTANDING; SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATIONS; TEST PART; TIME-DIFFERENCES;

INFORMATION SCIENCE; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 79451475780     PISSN: 09473602     EISSN: 1432010X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00766-010-0105-9     Document Type: Article

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