Requirements engineering as a success factor in software projects
IEEE SoftwarePublished 1 July 2001
Hubert F. Hofmann, Franz Lehner
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The authors identify the RE practices that clearly contribute to project success, particularly in terms of team knowledge, resource allocation, and process, and summarize the best practices exhibited by the most successful teams.
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Requirements engineering might be the single most important part of any software project. Based on their field study of 15 RE teams in nine software organizations, the authors identify the RE practices that clearly contribute to project success, particularly in terms of team knowledge, resource allocation, and process. They then summarize the best practices exhibited by the most successful teams.
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