Paper Info
Title
Preventing incomplete/hidden requirements: reflections on survey data from Austria and Brazil
Abstract
[Context] Many software projects fail due to problems in requirements engineering (RE). [Goal] The goal of this paper is analyzing a specific and relevant RE problem in detail: incomplete/hidden requirements. [Method] We replicated a global family of RE surveys with representatives of software organizations in Austria and Brazil. We used the data to (a) characterize the criticality of the selected RE problem, and to (b) analyze the reported main causes and mitigation actions. Based on the analysis, we discuss how to prevent the problem. [Results] The survey includes 14 different organizations in Austria and 74 in Brazil, including small, medium and large sized companies, conducting both, plan-driven and agile development processes. Respondents from both countries cited the incomplete/hidden requirements problem as one of the most critical RE problems. We identified and graphically represented the main causes and documented solution options to address these causes. Further, we compiled a list of reported mitigation actions. [Conclusions] From a practical point of view, this paper provides further insights into common causes of incomplete/hidden requirements and on how to prevent this problem.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1007/978-3-319-27033-3_5
Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Keywords
Field
DocType
Survey,Requirements engineering,NaPiRE,Incomplete requirements,Hidden requirements,Implicit requirements,Causal analysis,Defect prevention
Causal analysis,Survey data collection,Defect prevention,Systems engineering,Computer science,Requirements engineering,Operations research,Agile software development,Risk analysis (engineering),Software
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
238
1865-1348
6
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.48
13
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Marcos Kalinowski1667.13
Michael Felderer253878.87
Tayana Conte346981.13
Rodrigo O. Spínola416018.01
Rafael Prikladnicki584086.35
Dietmar Winkler613825.30
Daniel Méndez Fernández731234.66
Stefan Wagner810929.08