Applying collaborative process design to user requirements elicitation: A case study

Computers in Industry

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 798-812

  Azadegan, Aida ^a   Papamichail, K Nadia ^b   Sampaio, Pedro ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaboration Engineering; Group facilitation; Requirements elicitation; ThinkLet; Workshop

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATION ENGINEERING; GROUP FACILITATION; REQUIREMENTS ELICITATION; THINKLET; WORKSHOP;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

EID: 84881548841     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compind.2013.05.001     Document Type: Article

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