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In order to solve today's complex problems in the world of software development, technical knowledge is no longer enough. Previous studies investigating and identifying non-technical skills of software engineers show that creative skills…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-01-05 Wouter Groeneveld , Laurens Luyten , Joost Vennekens , Kris Aerts

We have been thinking about other aspects of software engineering for many years; the missing link in engineering software is the soft skills set, essential in the software development process. Although soft skills are among the most…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2019-01-08 Luiz Fernando Capretz , Faheem Ahmed

In this paper, we introduce the concept of the research practice gap as it is perceived in the field of software requirements engineering. An analysis of this gap has shown that two key causes for the research-practice gap are lack of…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2014-07-17 Andrew M. Connor , Jim Buchan , Krassie Petrova

In requirements engineering for recommender systems, software engineers must identify the data that drives the recommendations. This is a labor-intensive task, which is error-prone and expensive. One possible solution to this problem is the…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2016-02-25 Ivens Portugal , Paulo Alencar , Donald Cowan

Requirements engineering is crucial to software development but lacks a precise definition of its fundamental concepts. Even the basic definitions in the literature and in industry standards are often vague and verbose. To remedy this…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2019-07-12 Bertrand Meyer , Jean-Michel Bruel , Sophie Ebersold , Florian Galinier , Alexandr Naumchev

Requirements engineering (RE) literature acknowledges the importance of early stakeholder identification. The sources of requirements are many and also constantly changing as the market and business constantly change. Identifying and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-10-02 Eriks Klotins , Veselka Boeva , Krzysztof Wnuk , Michael Unterkalmsteiner , Tony Gorschek , Slinger Jansen

The term Research Software Engineer, or RSE, emerged a little over 10 years ago as a way to represent individuals working in the research community but focusing on software development. The term has been widely adopted and there are a…

User eXperience (UX) is becoming increasingly important for success of software products. Yet, many companies still face various challenges in their work with UX. Part of these challenges relate to inadequate knowledge and awareness of UX…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2016-06-30 Pariya Kashfi , Robert Feldt , Agneta Nilsson , Richard Berntsson Svensson

Often during the requirements engineering (RE) process, the value of a requirement is assessed, e.g., in requirement prioritisation, release planning, and trade-off analysis. In order to support these activities, this research evaluates…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2013-06-17 Richard Ellis-Braithwaite

Context] Problems in Requirements Engineering (RE) can lead to serious consequences during the software development lifecycle. [Goal] The goal of this paper is to propose empirically-based guidelines that can be used by different types of…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2016-11-29 P. Mafra , M. Kalinowski , D. Méndez Fernández , M. Felderer , S. Wagner

Requirements Engineering (RE) plays a pivotal role in software development, encompassing tasks such as requirements elicitation, analysis, specification, and change management. Despite its critical importance, RE faces challenges including…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-09-04 Malik Abdul Sami , Muhammad Waseem , Zheying Zhang , Zeeshan Rasheed , Kari Systä , Pekka Abrahamsson

Modern science is relying on software more than ever. The behavior and outcomes of this software shape the scientific and public discourse on important topics like climate change, economic growth, or the spread of infections. Most…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-01-09 Adrian Bajraktari , Michelle Binder , Andreas Vogelsang

Requirements engineering (RE), as a part of the project development life cycle, has increasingly been recognized as the key to ensuring on-time, on-budget, and goal-based delivery of software projects;compromising this vital phase is…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2020-06-22 Sandhya Rani Kourla , Eesha Putti , Mina Maleki

The requirements elicited from stakeholders are typically informal, incomplete, ambiguous, and inconsistent. It is the task of Requirements Engineering to transform them into an eligible (formal, sufficiently complete, unambiguous,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2016-05-10 Feng-Lin Li , Alexander Borgida , Giancarlo Guizzardi , Jennifer Horkoff , Lin Liu , John Mylopoulos

Requirements Engineering (RE) has received much attention in research and practice due to its importance to software project success. Its interdisciplinary nature, the dependency to the customer, and its inherent uncertainty still render…

Context. Requirements engineering remains a discipline that is faced with a large number of challenges, including the implementation of a requirements elicitation process in industry. Although several proposals have been suggested by…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-02-24 Cristina Palomares , Xavier Franch , Carme Quer , Panagiota Chatzipetrou , Lidia López , Tony Gorschek

Requirements engineering (RE) is critical to software success, yet automating it remains challenging because multiple, often conflicting quality attributes must be balanced while preserving stakeholder intent. Existing Large-Language-Model…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-03-13 Haowei Cheng , Milhan Kim , Foutse Khomh , Teeradaj Racharak , Nobukazu Yoshioka , Naoyasu Ubayashi , Hironori Washizaki

Background: Research software is crucial for enabling research discoveries and supporting data analysis, simulation, and interpretation across domains. However, evolving requirements, complex inputs, and legacy dependencies hinder the…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-12-16 Md Ariful Islam Malik , Jeffrey C. Carver , Nasir U. Eisty

Research shows that many of the challenges currently encountered with agile development are related to requirements engineering. Based on design science research, this paper investigates critical challenges that arise in agile development…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-05-30 Amna Pir Muhammad , Eric Knauss , Odzaya Batsaikhan , Nassiba El Haskouri , Yi-Chun Lin , Alessia Knauss

Over the last decade, researchers and engineers have developed a vast body of methodologies and technologies in requirements engineering for self-adaptive systems. Although existing studies have explored various aspects of this topic, few…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-08-23 Zhuoqun Yang , Zhi Li , Zhi Jin