Business goals, user needs, and requirements: A problem frame-based view

Expert Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 215-232

  Lavazza, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

knowledge elicitation; problem frames; requirements analysis; user needs; user requirements

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTION LEVEL; HARDWARE/SOFTWARE; LEVELS OF ABSTRACTION; PROBLEM FRAMES; REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS; REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATIONS; USER NEED; USER REQUIREMENTS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

EID: 84880346647     PISSN: 02664720     EISSN: 14680394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0394.2012.00648.x     Document Type: Article

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