Title :
Coping with Quality Requirements in Large, Contract-Based Projects
Author :
Daneva, Maya ; Herrmann, Andrea ; Buglione, Luigi
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
Abstract :
A typical contract for delivering a large software system must address a variety of related issues such as system quality, timelines, delivery cost and effort, and service-level agreements. Interviews with 20 software architects revealed how they coped with quality requirements in this context.
Keywords :
contracts; software architecture; software quality; systems analysis; contract-based projects; delivery cost; large software system; quality requirements; service-level agreements; software architecture; system quality; timelines; Contracts; Project management; Software architecture; Software development; Software quality; Software systems; contract-based software development; exploratory study; quality requirements; software architecture design; software development; software engineering;
Journal_Title :
Software, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MS.2014.134
