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
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;
Journal_Title :
Software, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MS.2003.1241365
