Requirements engineering in small and medium enterprises

Kamsties, Erik; Hörmann, Klaus; Schlich, Maud

doi:10.1007/bf02919967

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“…Other surveys or field studies that focussed on requirements engineering practices in software organisations include [29] -requirements modelling; [30,31,32,33] -adoption of standard RE practices; [34,35] intelligent assistance; and [36,37] -variability management. What is of note is that none of these previous empirical studies have focussed specifically on the management and handling of implicit requirements as we have done in this study.…”

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A survey on implicit requirements management practices in small and medium-sized enterprises

2017

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Preliminary communicationEffective requirements management that embraces both explicit and implicit aspects is a prerequisite for successful software development. Although different researchers and practitioners have identified the importance of implicit requirements (IMR) for overall successful outcome of software development, there is a need to correlate these theoretical assumptions about implicit requirements with the state of the practice. This paper empirically investigates the perception and handling of implicit requirements in small and medium-sized software organisations. The survey was undertaken through a web-based questionnaire to which 56 participants from 23 countries responded. The study found that critical organisational factors such as number of years in business of an organisation, the years of experience of an organisation in requirements engineering, and size of software development team have positive correlation with the perception and handling of implicit requirements within an organisation. It also recommends that a comparative evaluation of the existing support tools for implicit requirements is necessary in order to validate the potential of these tools to solve existing challenges, and determine gaps that still exist. Keywords: empirical survey; implicit requirements; requirements engineering; requirements management; software organisations Anketa o načinu upravljanja bezuvjetnim zahtjevima u malim i srednje malim poduzećimaPrethodno priopćenje Učinkovito upravljanje zahtjevima koje uključuje i izričita i bezuvjetna motrišta pretpostavka je za uspješni razvoj softvera. Iako su razni istraživači i praktičari prepoznali važnost bezuvjetnih zahtjeva (implicit requirements -IMR) za opći uspjeh razvijenog softvera, potrebno je povezati te teorijske pretpostavke oko bezuvjetnih zahtjeva s postojećim stanjem. U radu se provodi empirijsko istraživanje o shvaćanju i provođenju bezuvjetnih zahtjeva u malim i srednje malim organizacijama koje se bave razvojem softvera. Provedena je anketa preko interneta na koju je stiglo 56 odgovora iz 23 zemlje. Analiza je pokazala da se kritički organizacijski čimbenici kao što su broj godina provedenih na poslu u nekoj organizaciji, godine iskustva organizacije u inženjeringu zahtjeva i veličina tima koji se bavi razvojem softvera pozitivno odražavaju na sagledavanje i pristup bezuvjetnim zahtjevima u okviru organizacije. Izražava se potreba za komparativnom procjenom postojećih alata podrške bezuvjetnim zahtjevima kako bi se potvrdio potencijal tih alata u rješavanju postojećih izazova i popunjavanju nedostataka koji još postoje. Ključne

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2017

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“…In Europe SMEs have employees less than 250 and small companies have less than 10 employees. On Germany study targeted 10 companies, it focused on aspects like maturity level of software engineering, strategic issues like quality and process improvement and cooperation with external contractors, companies also found that most of their issues are of modelling, requirement document and inspections [22].…”

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Requirements Engineering in Software Houses of Pakistan

Ali¹,

Rafiq²,

Majeed³

2014

IJMECS

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Abstract-Requirement engineering is an essence of software development life cycle. The more time we spend on requirement engineering, higher the probability of success. Effective requirement engineering ensures and predicts successful software product. This paper presents the adaptation of requirement engineering practices in small and medium size companies of Pakistan. The study is conducted by questionnaires to show how much of requirement engineering models and practices are followed in Pakistan.

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“…It is generally only the entrepreneur who knows the whole working of the company and this distinguishes SMEs from larger companies, because a CEO can have an overview of its SME. Secondly, in SMEs, the job description for employees is often vaguely defined and an overview of tasks or responsibilities is often missing [14].…”

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An Android Tablet Tool for Enterprise Architecture Modeling in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Bernaert

Maes

Poels

2013

Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing

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Abstract. Throughout recent years a lot of research has been done to develop enterprise architecture (EA) approaches for large and complex enterprises. Consequently, an array of tools has been developed for these large enterprises to aid in EA management. However, traditional small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which are very important for economy, have to a great extent been neglected. Recently research has been done towards a new EA approach for SMEs. The approach is called CHOOSE. As tool support is almost indispensable in complex environments, the need for tool support was quickly experienced while doing case studies in SMEs. Unfortunately, tool support is already rated low on usability by EA practitioners in large companies. A different approach was required to provide tool support for managers in SMEs. The developed software tool already received positive feedback from managers.

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Requirements engineering in small and medium enterprises

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A survey on implicit requirements management practices in small and medium-sized enterprises

A survey on implicit requirements management practices in small and medium-sized enterprises

Requirements Engineering in Software Houses of Pakistan

An Android Tablet Tool for Enterprise Architecture Modeling in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

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