The challenge of release planning: Visible but not seen?

2011 5th International Workshop on Software Product Management, IWSPM 2011 - Part of the 19th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 36-45

  Jantunen, Sami ^a   Lehtola, Laura ^b   Gause, Donald C ^c   Dumdum, U Rex ^d   Barnes, Raymond J ^c,e  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

release planning; requirements prioritization; wicked problems

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENCE GATHERING; PRODUCT RELEASE; RATIONAL DECISION MAKING; RELEASE PLANNING; RELEASE PLANNING APPROACHES; REQUIREMENTS PRIORITIZATION; SOFTWARE PRODUCTS; WICKED PROBLEMS;

DECISION MAKING; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

PLANNING;

EID: 80655133925     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IWSPM.2011.6046202     Document Type: Conference Paper

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