Engr Waqas Ali; Adeel Rafiq; Muhammad Nadeem Majeed

Requirements Engineering in Software Houses of Pakistan

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Engr Waqas Ali ^1,* Adeel Rafiq ¹ Muhammad Nadeem Majeed ¹

1. Department of Software Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, Pakistan

* Corresponding author.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijmecs.2014.09.07

Received: 15 May 2014 / Revised: 23 Jun. 2014 / Accepted: 20 Jul. 2014 / Published: 8 Sep. 2014

Index Terms

Requirement engineering, Pakistan, Practices, SME’s

Abstract

Requirement engineering is an essence of software development life cycle. The more time we spend on requirement engineering, higher the probability of success. Effective requirement engineering ensures and predicts successful software product. This paper presents the adaptation of requirement engineering practices in small and medium size companies of Pakistan. The study is conducted by questionnaires to show how much of requirement engineering models and practices are followed in Pakistan.

Cite This Paper

Waqas Ali, Adeel Rafiq, Muhammad Nadeem Majeed, "Requirements Engineering in Software Houses of Pakistan", International Journal of Modern Education and Computer Science (IJMECS), vol.6, no.9, pp.47-53, 2014. DOI:10.5815/ijmecs.2014.09.07

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