Distances between Requirements Engineering and Later Software Development Activities: A Systematic Map
Author
Editor
- Joerg Doerr
- Andreas Opdahl
Summary, in English
[Context and Motivation] The main role of requirements engineering (RE) is to guide development projects towards implementing products that will appeal to customers. To effectively achieve this RE needs to be coordinated with and clearly communicated to the later software development activities. [Question/Problem] Communication gaps between RE and other development activities reduce coordination and alignment, and can lead to project delays and failure to meet customer needs. [Principle ideas/results] The main hypothesis is that coordination is enhanced by proximity to RE roles and artefacts, and that distances to later activities increase the effort needed to align requirements with other development work. Thirteen RE-related distances have been identified through a systematic map of existing research. [Contribution] Reported dis-tances are mapped according to research type, RE activity and later software development activities. The results provide an overview of RE distances and can be used a basis for defining a theoretical framework.
Department/s
Publishing year
2013
Language
English
Pages
292-307
Publication/Series
Lectur Notes in Computer Science/ Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality
Volume
7830
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Document type
Conference paper
Publisher
Springer
Topic
- Computer Science
Keywords
- systematic map
- distance
- requirements
- software development
Conference name
International Workshop on Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality, 2013
Conference date
2013-04-08 - 2013-04-11
Conference place
Essen, Germany
Status
Published
Project
- Embedded Applications Software Engineering
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 978-3-642-37421-0