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Requirements Engineering for Web-Based Information Systems

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This chapter overviews the existing methods of requirements analysis as prescribed by some of the best-known web-development methods. It also discusses the pre-eminent importance of stakeholder analysis, identification of stakeholder views and concerns, and the processes governing elicitation of web systems requirements. The chapter finally derives a model of concern-driven requirements evolution from several case studies undertaken in the area of web-enabled employee service systems.

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    Aybüke Aurum

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    Claes Wohlin

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Cybulski, J.L., Sarkar, P.K. (2005). Requirements Engineering for Web-Based Information Systems. In: Aurum, A., Wohlin, C. (eds) Engineering and Managing Software Requirements. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-28244-0_15

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