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Management of quality requirements in agile and rapid software development: A systematic mapping study

Software Engineering 2020-02-07 v1

Abstract

Context:Quality requirements (QRs) describe the desired quality of software, and they play an important role in the success of software projects. In agile software development (ASD), QRs are often ill-defined and not well addressed due to the focus on quickly delivering functionality. Rapid software development (RSD) approaches (e.g., continuous delivery and continuous deployment), which shorten delivery times, are more prone to neglect QRs. Despite the significance of QRs in both ASD and RSD, there is limited synthesized knowledge on their management in those approaches. Objective:This study aims to synthesize state-of-the-art knowledge about QR management in ASD and RSD, focusing on three aspects: bibliometric, strategies, and challenges. Research method:Using a systematic mapping study with a snowballing search strategy, we identified and structured the literature on QR management in ASD and RSD. Check the PDF file to see the full abstract and document.

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@article{arxiv.2002.02303,
  title  = {Management of quality requirements in agile and rapid software development: A systematic mapping study},
  author = {Woubshet Behutiye and Pertti Karhapää and Lidia Lopez and Xavier Burgues and Silverio Martinez-Fernandez and Anna Maria Vollmer and Pilar Rodriiguez and Xavier Franch and Markku Oivo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.02303},
  year   = {2020}
}

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31 pages, the article is currently in press in Information and Software Technology journal and can be accessed through https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2019.106225

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