Software Requirements Analyst Profile: A Descriptive Study of Brazil and Mexico

What Industry Wants from Requirements Engineers in China?

“…Whereas, similar RE tasks and competencies were identified from the RE job ads in the job markets in Germany [10] and the Netherlands [5]. However, the regions differ in the demanded technical competencies of RE professionals, where the Latin American study [4] signals a higher demand for proficiency in RE methods and tools than the European studies [5,10] which emphasize the critical role of soft skills in the RE professional occupation.…”

“…In the RE and Information Systems Research literature, some researchers explored personal factors demanded in job markets, such as age [2] and educational background [5,15]. Whereas, several studies investigated RE tasks and skills by analyzing job ads in region-specific job markets: Germany [10], the Netherlands [5], Mexico and Brazil [4], and Canada [15]. Each provided empirical region-specific data on this topic.…”

“…Actually, it is a quite difficult and time-consuming task to manually analyze such a huge amount of online job ads collected from the specified two job portals. To perform our exploratory study within limited time, we use a sample size calculator 4 to calculate how many job ads are representative for our exploration. The results shows that at least 887 job ads should be included in the sample if the margin of error is set as 3% where the confidence level is 95% [12].…”

“…In industry, however, RE practitioners are used to creating their own RE-related tasks and skills not only reflecting their specific understanding on RE roles, but also the demands of specific businesses. As collectively concluded in empirical studies on the RE occupation in various countries and geographic regions [4,5,10,15], there is an incongruity between RE practices in industry and in RE textbooks. Furthermore, the perspectives that RE professional job descriptions take on the RE roles have both similarities and differences across countries and regions.…”

“…Furthermore, the perspectives that RE professional job descriptions take on the RE roles have both similarities and differences across countries and regions. For example, the published studies [4,5,10,15] collectively reported that RE positions titled 'Requirements Engineer' did not exist in Europe [5,10], South America [4], and North America [11,15]. Whereas, similar RE tasks and competencies were identified from the RE job ads in the job markets in Germany [10] and the Netherlands [5].…”