A Framework for Aspectual Requirements Validation: An Experimental Study [PDF]
Requirements engineering is a discipline of software engineering that is concerned with the identification and handling of user and system requirements. Aspect-Oriented Requirements Engineering (AORE) extends the existing requirements engineering approaches to cope with the issue of tangling and scattering resulted from crosscutting concerns ...
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Numerical computing in engineering mathematics [PDF]
The rapid advances in technology over the last decade have significantly altered the nature of engineering knowledge and skills required in the modern industries. In response to the changing professional requirements, engineering institutions have updated their curriculum and pedagogical practices.
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Teaching Model-based Requirements Engineering to Industry Professionals: An Experience Report [PDF]
The use of conceptual models to foster requirements engineering has been proposed and evaluated as beneficial for several decades. For instance, goal-oriented requirements engineering or the specification of scenarios are commonly done using conceptual models.
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Towards Quantum Software Requirements Engineering [PDF]
Quantum software engineering (QSE) is receiving increasing attention, as evidenced by increasing publications on topics, e.g., quantum software modeling, testing, and debugging. However, in the literature, quantum software requirements engineering (QSRE) is still a software engineering area that is relatively less investigated.
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An initial Theory to Understand and Manage Requirements Engineering Debt in Practice [PDF]
Context: Advances in technical debt research demonstrate the benefits of applying the financial debt metaphor to support decision-making in software development activities. Although decision-making during requirements engineering has significant consequences, the debt metaphor in requirements engineering is inadequately explored.
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Summary of the 4th International Workshop on Requirements Engineering and Testing (RET 2017) [PDF]
The RET (Requirements Engineering and Testing) workshop series provides a meeting point for researchers and practitioners from the two separate fields of Requirements Engineering (RE) and Testing. The long term aim is to build a community and a body of knowledge within the intersection of RE and Testing, i.e., RET.
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Emotions in Requirements Engineering: A Systematic Mapping Study [PDF]
The purpose of requirements engineering (RE) is to make sure that the expectations and needs of the stakeholders of a software system are met. Emotional needs can be captured as emotional requirements that represent how the end user should feel when using the system.
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Renovating Requirements Engineering: First Thoughts to Shape Requirements Engineering as a Profession [PDF]
Legacy software systems typically include vital data for organizations that use them and should thus to be regularly maintained. Ideally, organizations should rely on Requirements Engineers to understand and manage changes of stakeholder needs and system constraints.
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The Illusion of Requirements in Software Development [PDF]
It is widely accepted that understanding system requirements is important for software development project success. However, this paper presents two novel challenges to the requirements concept. First, where many plausible approaches to achieving a goal are evident, there may be insufficient overlap between approaches to form requirements.
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Human Error Management in Requirements Engineering: Should We Fix the People, the Processes, or the Environment? [PDF]
Context: Software development is human-centric and vulnerable to human error. Human errors are errors in the human thought process. To ensure software quality, practitioners must understand how to manage these human errors. Organizations often change the requirements engineering process to prevent human errors from occurring or to mitigate the harm ...
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