A Conceptual Model and Process for Client-driven Agile Requirements Prioritization

Zornitza Racheva; Maya Daneva; Andrea Herrmann; Roel J. Wieringa

doi:10.1109/RCIS.2010.5507388

A Conceptual Model and Process for Client-driven Agile Requirements Prioritization

Zornitza Racheva, Maya Daneva, Andrea Herrmann, Roel J. Wieringa

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Abstract

Continuous customer-centric requirements reprioritization is essential in successfully performing agile software development. Yet, in the agile RE literature, very little is known about how agile reprioritization happens in practice. Generic conceptual models about this process are missing, which in turn, makes it difficult for both practitioners and researchers to reason about requirements decision-making at inter-iteration time. This paper presents a Grounded Theory study on agile requirements prioritization methods to yield a conceptual model for understanding the inter-iteration prioritization process in terms of inputs and outcomes. The latter is derived by using qualitative empirical data, published earlier by other authors. Such a conceptual model makes explicit the concepts that are used tacitly in different agile requirements prioritization methods and can be used for structuring future empirical investigations about this topic.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Fourth International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, RCIS 2010
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	287-297
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4244-4840-1
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4244-4839-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/RCIS.2010.5507388
Publication status	Published - May 2010
Event	4th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, RCIS 2010 - Nice, France Duration: 19 May 2010 → 21 May 2010 Conference number: 4

Publication series

Name	International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS)
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Volume	2010
ISSN (Print)	2151-1349
ISSN (Electronic)	2151-1357

Conference

Conference	4th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, RCIS 2010
Abbreviated title	RCIS
Country/Territory	France
City	Nice
Period	19/05/10 → 21/05/10

Keywords

Agile development
SCS-Services
Grounded theory
Inter-iteration decision-making process
Requirements prioritization

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Racheva, Z., Daneva, M., Herrmann, A., & Wieringa, R. J. (2010). A Conceptual Model and Process for Client-driven Agile Requirements Prioritization. In Fourth International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, RCIS 2010 (pp. 287-297). (International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS); Vol. 2010). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/RCIS.2010.5507388

Racheva, Zornitza ; Daneva, Maya ; Herrmann, Andrea et al. / A Conceptual Model and Process for Client-driven Agile Requirements Prioritization. Fourth International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, RCIS 2010. Piscataway, NJ : IEEE Computer Society, 2010. pp. 287-297 (International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS)).

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Racheva, Z, Daneva, M, Herrmann, A & Wieringa, RJ 2010, A Conceptual Model and Process for Client-driven Agile Requirements Prioritization. in Fourth International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, RCIS 2010. International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS), vol. 2010, IEEE Computer Society, Piscataway, NJ, pp. 287-297, 4th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, RCIS 2010, Nice, France, 19/05/10. https://doi.org/10.1109/RCIS.2010.5507388

A Conceptual Model and Process for Client-driven Agile Requirements Prioritization. / Racheva, Zornitza; Daneva, Maya; Herrmann, Andrea et al.

Fourth International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, RCIS 2010. Piscataway, NJ : IEEE Computer Society, 2010. p. 287-297 (International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS); Vol. 2010).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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Racheva Z, Daneva M, Herrmann A, Wieringa RJ. A Conceptual Model and Process for Client-driven Agile Requirements Prioritization. In Fourth International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, RCIS 2010. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE Computer Society. 2010. p. 287-297. (International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS)). doi: 10.1109/RCIS.2010.5507388

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