• DocumentCode
    817346
  • Title

    Requirements engineering: the state of the practice

  • Author

    Neill, Colin J. ; Laplante, Phillip A.

  • Author_Institution
    Eng. Div., Pennsylvania State Univ.´´s, Malvern, PA, USA
  • Volume
    20
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2003
  • Firstpage
    40
  • Lastpage
    45
  • Abstract
    Little contemporary data exists for document actual practices of software professionals for software requirements elicitation, requirements specification, document development, and specification validation. This exploratory survey and its quantitative results offer opportunities for further interpretation and comparison.
  • Keywords
    formal specification; professional aspects; systems analysis; common practices; document development; requirements engineering; requirements specification; software development industry; software professionals; software requirements elicitation; specification validation; Application software; Computer industry; Data systems; Educational institutions; Inspection; Mars; Productivity; Project management; Prototypes; Software quality;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Software, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0740-7459
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MS.2003.1241365
  • Filename
    1241365