Towards Guidelines for Preventing Critical Requirements Engineering Problems

[Context] Problems in Requirements Engineering (RE) can lead to serious consequences during the software development lifecycle. [Goal] The goal of this paper is to propose empirically-based guidelines that can be used by different types of organisations according to their size (small, medium or larg...

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Main Authors: Mafra, Priscilla, Kalinowski, Marcos, Mendez Fernandez, Daniel, Felderer, Michael, Wagner, Stefan
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Analytical models
Business
Data models
defect prevention
Guidelines
Industries
problem prevention
Requirements engineering
Software
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Summary:[Context] Problems in Requirements Engineering (RE) can lead to serious consequences during the software development lifecycle. [Goal] The goal of this paper is to propose empirically-based guidelines that can be used by different types of organisations according to their size (small, medium or large) and process model (agile or plan-driven) to help them in preventing such problems. [Method] We analysed data from a survey on RE problems answered by 228 organisations in 10 different countries. [Results] We identified the most critical RE problems, their causes and mitigation actions, organizing this information by clusters of size and process model. Finally, we analysed the causes and mitigation actions of the critical problems of each cluster to get further insights into how to prevent them. [Conclusions] Based on our results, we suggest preliminary guidelines for preventing critical RE problems in response to context characteristics of the companies.
ISSN:2376-9505
2376-9505
DOI:10.1109/SEAA.2016.50