Adding value to software requirements: An empirical study in the Chinese software industry

ACIS 2006 Proceedings - 17th Australasian Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Hu, Ganglan ^a   Aurum, Aybüke ^a   Wohlin, Claes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Decision making criteria; International companies in china; Requirements selection

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS STRATEGY; CHINESE SOFTWARE INDUSTRY; DECISION-MAKING CRITERIA; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; INTERNATIONAL COMPANY; MAKING DECISION; MARKET-DRIVEN SOFTWARES; RAPID GROWTH; REQUIREMENTS SELECTION; SOFTWARE FEATURES; SOFTWARE PRODUCTS; SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84869133966     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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