Title :
Software package requirements and procurement
Author :
Finkelstein, Anthony ; Spanoudakis, George ; Ryan, Mark
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., City Univ., London, UK
Abstract :
The paper outlines the problems of specifying requirements and deploying these requirements in the procurement of software packages. Despite the fact that software construction de novo is the exception rather than the rule, little or no support for the task of formulating requirements to support assessment and selection among existing software packages has been developed. We analyse the problems arising in this process and review related work. We outline the key components of a programme of research in this area
Keywords :
formal specification; software packages; requirement formulation; requirement specification; software construction; software package assessment; software package procurement; software package requirements; software package selection; Application software; Business; Computer science; Guidelines; Heart; Packaging; Procurement; Software libraries; Software packages; Software tools;
Conference_Titel :
Software Specification and Design, 1996., Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Schloss Velen
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7361-3
DOI :
10.1109/IWSSD.1996.501156
