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User Requirements and System Requirements
March/April 2008 (vol. 25 no. 2)
pp. 90-91
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Neil Maiden, "User Requirements and System Requirements," IEEE Software, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 90-91, March/April, 2008.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MS.2008.54,
author = {Neil Maiden},
title = {User Requirements and System Requirements},
journal ={IEEE Software},
volume = {25},
number = {2},
issn = {0740-7459},
year = {2008},
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doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MS.2008.54},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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Neil Maiden, City University, London
Stakeholders, analysts, and designers often fail to differentiate the roles of user and system requirements. Unfortunately, treating them as the same thing can create problems for projects. Here are three strategies for managing user and system requirements more effectively.

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Index Terms:
requirements, user requirements, system requirements
Citation:
Neil Maiden, "User Requirements and System Requirements," IEEE Software, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 90-91, March-April 2008, doi:10.1109/MS.2008.54
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