Human factor in software requirements engineering: Preliminary review of qualitative empirical studies

Abstract

Software requirements engineering is a field insoftware engineering that highly depends on human factor sinceit includes knowledge and skills from domain of softwareengineering and from the domain of problem where software willbe used, but also from both organizational and social sciencesaspects. Therefore, researching human factor is very importantfor understanding industrial practice and identifyingimprovement directions. Deeper understanding of human factorinfluence on software requirements engineering practice assumesthe use of qualitative research methods. This paper presents apreliminary review of literature that investigates human factor insoftware requirements engineering by using qualitative researchmethods. The presented study contributes to the research field bypresenting a clearly defined process of preliminary literaturereview, and as a pilot study, it will be used for planning detailedand systematic literature review.