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A Structure for Management of Requirements Set for e-Learning Applications

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Software Engineering Approaches for Offshore and Outsourced Development (SEAFOOD 2008)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing ((LNBIP,volume 16))

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Abstract

Extracting and managing requirements is one of the most important tasks in creating a reliable software product. This step of the overall software engineering process becomes even more critical when the development process is to become a global one. This paper presents an approach for passing from ad hoc requirements management to systematic requirements management. This step is often needed due to the increasing scale of software system and increasing globalization. The study is presented for an e-Learning platform that has been developed and reached a certain maturity level such that these kind of activities are needed. The proposed solution in the paper allows centralization of requests among involved parties (developers and beneficiaries). It is proposed a custom structure for requests that has at its basis the very specificity of developed application. The structuring of requirements is customized for platform’s functionality such that the process which determines what functionalities may be outsourced is improved.

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  1. Software Engineering Department, University of Craiova, Romania

    Dumitru Dan Burdescu & Marian Cristian Mihăescu

  2. CREDIS Department, University of Bucharest, Romania

    Bogdan Logofatu

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  1. Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 00919, San Juan, Puerto Rico

    Kay Berkling

  2. Tata Consultancy Services, 411 001, Pune, India

    Mathai Joseph

  3. ETH Zurich, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland

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Burdescu, D.D., Mihăescu, M.C., Logofatu, B. (2009). A Structure for Management of Requirements Set for e-Learning Applications. In: Berkling, K., Joseph, M., Meyer, B., Nordio, M. (eds) Software Engineering Approaches for Offshore and Outsourced Development. SEAFOOD 2008. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 16. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01856-5_4

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