Former students’ perception of improvement potential of requirements engineering in practice

Several authors have pointed out a significant gap between Requirements Engineering (RE) theory and practice. It is then natural that we try to find answers to questions such as: What is the nature of the gap? Which is the magnitude of the gap? Why does the gap exist? and What could be done to narro...

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Autores: Tort Pugibet, Albert, Olivé Ramon, Antoni|||0000-0001-9806-3007, Pastor Collado, Juan Antonio|||0000-0003-0955-5064
Tipo de recurso: informe técnico
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Software requirements
Enginyeria de programari -- Requeriments
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Enginyeria del software
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Former students’ perception of improvement potential of requirements engineering in practice
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Tort Pugibet, Albert
Software requirements
Enginyeria de programari -- Requeriments
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Enginyeria del software
title_short Former students’ perception of improvement potential of requirements engineering in practice
title_full Former students’ perception of improvement potential of requirements engineering in practice
title_fullStr Former students’ perception of improvement potential of requirements engineering in practice
title_full_unstemmed Former students’ perception of improvement potential of requirements engineering in practice
title_sort Former students’ perception of improvement potential of requirements engineering in practice
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Tort Pugibet, Albert
Olivé Ramon, Antoni|||0000-0001-9806-3007
Pastor Collado, Juan Antonio|||0000-0003-0955-5064
author Tort Pugibet, Albert
author_facet Tort Pugibet, Albert
Olivé Ramon, Antoni|||0000-0001-9806-3007
Pastor Collado, Juan Antonio|||0000-0003-0955-5064
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Pastor Collado, Juan Antonio|||0000-0003-0955-5064
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Software requirements
Enginyeria de programari -- Requeriments
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Enginyeria del software
topic Software requirements
Enginyeria de programari -- Requeriments
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Enginyeria del software
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