State of practice and suitability of prioritization methods Licentiate thesis submitted for official examination for the degree of Licentiate in Technology. ABSTRACT OF LICENTIATE THESIS Author Date Laura Lehtola 5.9.2006 Pages 53 + publications Title of thesis Providing value by prioritizing requirements throughout software product development-State of practice and suitability of prioritizatio...

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Recent research suggests that new objects appearing in real-world scenes are prioritized for eye fixations and by inference, for attentional processing. We examined whether semantic consistency modulates the degree to which new objects appearing in a scene are prioritized for viewing. New objects were added to photographs of real-world scenes during a fixation (new object with transient onset) ...

Dual-task methods have been used to demonstrate increased prioritization of walking performance over cognition in healthy aging. This is expressed as greater dual-task costs in cognitive performance than in walking. However, other research shows that older adults can prioritize cognitive performance over walking when instructed to do so. We asked whether age-related cognitive prioritization wou...

When people need help they often turn to their social peers for reliable information, recommendation or guidance. It is often difficult to find someone in the vicinity for help or communicate with someone from a distant place who can provide reliable help. Conveying the actual context of the question during remote communication is a cumbersome task, especially when avoiding speech communication...

Defining software requirements is a complex and difficult process, which often leads to costly project failures. Requirements emerge from a collaborative and interactive negotiation process that involves heterogeneous stakeholders (people involved in an elicitation process such as users, analysts, developers, and customers). Practical experience shows that prioritizing requirements is not as st...

trous 2007–2008 food price crisis, it was that it prompted governments and international donors to re-examine their priorities for agricultural development. They committed to invest in agriculture and food security in a manner that prioritizes small-scale producers (especially women), enhances the environment and contributes to the development of rural economies. While their promises to spend m...