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	Title:	Situational requirements engineering for the development of Content Management System-based web applications
	Author:	Jurriaan Souer, Inge Van De Weerd, Johan Versendaal, Sjaak Brinkkemper
	Address:	GX Creative Online Development, Wijchenseweg 111, 6538 SW Nijmegen, The Netherlands. ' Institute of Information and Computing Sciences, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80.089, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands. ' Institute of Information and Computing Sciences, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80.089, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands. ' Institute of Information and Computing Sciences, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80.089, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands
	Journal:	International Journal of Web Engineering and Technology 2007 - Vol. 3, No.4  pp. 420 - 440
	Abstract:	Web applications are evolving towards strong content-centred information systems accessible through the web. The development processes and implementation of these applications are unlike the development and implementation of traditional information systems. In this paper, we propose a Web Engineering Method (WEM): a method for developing Content Management System (CMS)-based web applications. Critical to a successful development of CMS-based web applications is adaptation to the dynamic business. We first define CMS-based web applications and identify their specific characteristics. Combining these characteristics with situational factors in projects, we show that by taking parts of proven methods, such as UML-based Web Engineering (UWE) and the Unified Process (UP), a unique method can be assembled for situational development of CMS-based web applications. We successfully validated the method at GX, a web-technology company specialised in developing and implementing CMS-based web applications.
	Keywords:	requirements engineering; web applications; content management systems; CMS; method engineering; web engineering.
	DOI:	10.1504/IJWET.2007.014441
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