How interaction between roles shapes the communication structure in requirements-driven collaboration

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

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 47-56

  Marczak, Sabrina ^a   Damian, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

case study; communication patterns; communication structure; coordination; cross functional teams; interdependent requirements; requirements driven collaboration; social network analysis

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION PATTERN; COMMUNICATION STRUCTURE; COORDINATION; CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAMS; INTERDEPENDENT REQUIREMENTS; REQUIREMENTS-DRIVEN COLLABORATION; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS;

REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 82455212700     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RE.2011.6051643     Document Type: Conference Paper

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