Visual requirements analytics: A framework and case study

Requirements Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 257-279

  Reddivari, Sandeep ^a   Rad, Shirin ^a   Bhowmik, Tanmay ^a   Cain, Nisreen ^a   Niu, Nan ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exploratory case study; Requirements engineering visualization; Requirements management; Risk assessment; Visual analytical reasoning; Visual analytics

Indexed keywords

DATA VISUALIZATION; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE TESTING;

ANALYTICAL REASONING; EXPLORATORY CASE STUDIES; GOAL-QUESTION-METRIC; OUTLIER IDENTIFICATION; REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT; REQUIREMENTS TRACINGS; REQUIREMENTS VISUALIZATION; VISUAL ANALYTICS;

VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84906309331     PISSN: 09473602     EISSN: 1432010X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00766-013-0194-3     Document Type: Article

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