Introducing requirements engineering: How to make a cultural change happen in practice

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 43-51

  Kauppinen, Marjo ^a   Kujala, Sari ^a   Aaltio, Tapani ^a   Lehtola, Laura ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cultural differences; Documentation; Engineering management; Job shop scheduling; Joining processes; Personnel; Product development; Programming; System testing; Systems engineering and theory

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; JOB SHOP SCHEDULING; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL TESTING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SCHEDULING; SYSTEM PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION;

CULTURAL DIFFERENCE; ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT; JOINING PROCESS; SYSTEM TESTING; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND THEORIES;

REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

EID: 84919345414     PISSN: 1090705X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICRE.2002.1048504     Document Type: Conference Paper

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