Abstract
Despite its undoubted success, Requirements Engineering (RE) needs a better alignment between its research focus and its grounding in practical needs as these needs have changed significantly recently. We explore changes in the environment, targets, and the process of requirements engineering (RE) that influence the nature of fundamental RE questions. Based on these explorations we propose four key principles that underlie current requirements processes: (1) intertwining of requirements with implementation and organizational contexts, (2) dynamic evolution of requirements, (3) architectures as a critical stabilizing force, and (4) high levels of design complexity. We make recommendations to refocus RE research agenda as to meet new challenges based on the review and analysis of these four key themes. We note several managerial and practical implications. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)|Lect. Notes Comput. Sci. |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Pages | 470-482 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Volume | 6051 |
ISBN (Print) | 3642130933, 9783642130939 |
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Publication status | Published - 2010 |
Event | 22nd International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2010 - Hammamet Duration: 1 Jul 2010 → … |
Conference
Conference | 22nd International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2010 |
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City | Hammamet |
Period | 1/07/10 → … |