Requirements are slipping through the gaps - A case study on causes & effects of communication gaps in large-scale software development

Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE 19th International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 37-46

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

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

empirical study; explanatory case study; large scale requirements engineering; requirements communication

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION GAPS; CUSTOMERS' EXPECTATIONS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; EXPLANATORY CASE STUDY; ITS EFFICIENCIES; KEY FACTORS; MARKET-DRIVEN SOFTWARES; REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; SOFTWARE PRODUCTS; TEMPORAL ASPECTS;

COMMUNICATION; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; LIFE CYCLE; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; RESEARCH;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 82455163989     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RE.2011.6051639     Document Type: Conference Paper

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