Software Requirements Changes Due to External Factors

Software Evolution and Feedback: Theory and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 161-180

  Nanda, Vivek ^a   Madhavji, Nazim H ^b  

^a MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

CES system; Congruence Evaluation System (CES); Congruence Evaluation System E type system; Recognising emerging need; Requirements changes of environmental evolution; Software requirements changes; system specific requirements and environment specific requirements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889425632     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470871822.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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