The brave new world of design requirements: Four key principles

Matthias Jarke, Pericles Loucopoulos, Kalle Lyytinen, John Mylopoulos, William Robinson

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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 languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)|Lect. Notes Comput. Sci.
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages470-482
Number of pages12
Volume6051
ISBN (Print)3642130933, 9783642130939
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Event22nd International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2010 - Hammamet
Duration: 1 Jul 2010 → …

Conference

Conference22nd International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2010
CityHammamet
Period1/07/10 → …

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