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Viewpoints: principles, problems and a practical approach to requirements engineering. / Sommerville, Iain; Sawyer, Peter.
In: Annals of Software Engineering, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1997, p. 101-130.

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Sommerville, I & Sawyer, P 1997, 'Viewpoints: principles, problems and a practical approach to requirements engineering', Annals of Software Engineering, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 101-130. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018946223345

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Sommerville, I., & Sawyer, P. (1997). Viewpoints: principles, problems and a practical approach to requirements engineering. Annals of Software Engineering, 3(1), 101-130. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018946223345

Vancouver

Sommerville I, Sawyer P. Viewpoints: principles, problems and a practical approach to requirements engineering. Annals of Software Engineering. 1997;3(1):101-130. doi: 10.1023/A:1018946223345

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Sommerville, Iain ; Sawyer, Peter. / Viewpoints: principles, problems and a practical approach to requirements engineering. In: Annals of Software Engineering. 1997 ; Vol. 3, No. 1. pp. 101-130.

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