2017•arXiv (Cornell University)Open access
Requirements Engineering Practice and Problems in Agile Projects:\n Results from an International Survey
Stefan Wagner, Daniel Méndez Fernández, Michael Felderer, Marcos Kalinowski
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Abstract
Requirements engineering (RE) is considerably different in agile development\nthan in more traditional development processes. Yet, there is little empirical\nknowledge on the state of the practice and contemporary problems in agile RE.\nAs part of a bigger survey initiative (Naming the Pain in Requirements\nEngineering), we build an empirical basis on such aspects of agile RE. Based on\nthe responses of representatives from 92 different organisations, we found that\nagile RE concentrates on free-text documentation of requirements elicited with\na variety of techniques. Often, traces between requirements and code are\nexplicitly managed and also software testing and RE are aligned. Furthermore,\ncontinuous improvement of RE is performed due to intrinsic motivation.\nImportant experienced problems include unclear requirements and communication\nflaws. Overall, we found that most organisations conduct RE in a way we would\nexpect and that agile RE is in several aspects not so different from RE in\nother development processes.\n
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