Power and politics in requirements engineering: Embracing the dark side?

Requirements Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 83-98

  Milne, Alastair ^a   Maiden, Neil ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case study; Decision making; Politics; Power; Requirements engineering; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDEDNESS; POLITICS; POWER; POWER RELATIONS; STAKEHOLDERS;

DECISION MAKING; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; RESEARCH;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 84861712610     PISSN: 09473602     EISSN: 1432010X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00766-012-0151-6     Document Type: Article

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