Quality requirements in industrial practice-an extended interview study at eleven companies

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 923-935

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

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Management; process; requirements specifications

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS TO BUSINESS; BUSINESS-TO-CONSUMER MARKETS; DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICES; INTERVIEW STUDY; PROCESS; PRODUCT MANAGER; PROJECT LEADERS; QUALITY REQUIREMENTS; REQUIREMENTS/SPECIFICATIONS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; SOFTWARE COMPANY; SOFTWARE PRODUCTS;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84864628990     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSE.2011.47     Document Type: Article

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