Title :
Requirements Change: What´s the Alternative?
Author :
Davis, Alan M. ; Nurmuliani, Nur ; Park, Sooyong ; Zowghi, Didar
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Bus., Univ. of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
fDate :
July 28 2008-Aug. 1 2008
Abstract :
Numerous studies have shown that a software projectpsilas cost, schedule and defect density escalate as the rate of requirements change increases. Yet none of these studies have explored the effects of not making requirements changes in response to changes in user needs. This paper explains why a project incurs just as much, if not more, risk when requirements changes are suppressed.
Keywords :
system recovery; software defect density; software project cost; software scheduling; Application software; Computer applications; Computer science; Costs; Educational institutions; Prototypes; Risk analysis; Springs; Testing; USA Councils; requirements change; requirements engineering; requirements management; requirements volatility; software risks; user needs;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Software and Applications, 2008. COMPSAC '08. 32nd Annual IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Turku
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3262-2
Electronic_ISBN :
0730-3157
DOI :
10.1109/COMPSAC.2008.216