A case study on artefact-based re improvement in practice

Daniel Méndez Fernández, S. Tefan Wagner

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Abstract

Background: Most requirements engineering (RE) process improvement approaches are solution-driven and activity-based. They focus on the assessment of the RE of a company against an external norm of best practices. A consequence is that practitioners often have to rely on an improvement approach that skips a profound problem analysis and that results in an RE approach that might be alien to the organizational needs. Objective: In recent years, we have developed an RE improvement approach (called ArtREPI) that guides a holistic RE improvement against individual goals of a company putting primary attention to the quality of the artefacts. In this paper, we aim at exploring ArtREPI’s benefits and limitations. Method: We contribute an industrial evaluation of ArtREPI by relying on a case study research. Results: Our results suggest that ArtREPI is well-suited for the establishment of an RE that reflects a specific organisational culture but to some extent at the cost of efficiency resulting from intensive discussions on a terminology that suits all involved stakeholders. Conclusions: Our results reveal first benefits and limitations, but we can also conclude the need of longitudinal and independent investigations for which we herewith lay the foundation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProduct-Focused Software Process Improvement - 16th International Conference, PROFES 2015, Proceedings
EditorsMarkku Oivo, Pekka Abrahamsson, Luis Corral, Barbara Russo
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages114-130
Number of pages17
ISBN (Print)9783319268439
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015
Externally publishedYes
Event16th International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, PROFES 2015 - Bolzano, Italy
Duration: 2 Dec 20154 Dec 2015

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume9459
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference16th International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, PROFES 2015
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityBolzano
Period2/12/154/12/15

Keywords

  • Artefact orientation
  • Case study research
  • Requirements engineering
  • Software process improvement

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