A systematic literature review of software requirements prioritization research

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 568-585

  Achimugu, Philip ^a   Selamat, Ali ^a   Ibrahim, Roliana ^a   Mahrin, Mohd Naz'Ri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Prioritization; Requirement engineering; Requirements; Software systems; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

PRIORITIZATION; REQUIREMENT ENGINEERING; REQUIREMENTS; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; STAKEHOLDERS;

REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

EID: 84897033201     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2014.02.001     Document Type: Review

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