Prioritization of quality requirements: State of practice in eleven companies

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

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 69-78

  Svensson, Richard Berntsson ^a   Gorschek, Tony ^b   Regnell, Björn ^a   Torkar, Richard ^b   Shahrokni, Ali ^c   Feldt, Robert ^c   Aurum, Aybuke ^d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Empirical Study; Non functional requirements; Product Management; Project Management; Quality Requirements; Requirements Prioritization

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL STUDIES; NON-FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PRODUCT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY REQUIREMENTS; REQUIREMENTS PRIORITIZATION;

INDUSTRY; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 82455210673     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RE.2011.6051652     Document Type: Conference Paper

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