Research Findings on Empirical Evaluation of Requirements Specifications Approaches

Nelly Condori-Fernandez; Maia Daneva; Nicolaas Sikkel; Roel Wieringa; Oscar Dieste; Oscar Pastor

Research Findings on Empirical Evaluation of Requirements Specifications Approaches

Nelly Condori-Fernandez, Maia Daneva, Nicolaas Sikkel, Roel Wieringa, Oscar Dieste, Oscar Pastor

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Abstract

Numerous software requirements specification (SRS) approaches have been proposed in software engineering. However, there has been little empirical evaluation of the use of these approaches in specific contexts. This paper describes the results of a mapping study, a key instrument of the evidence-based paradigm, in an effort to understand what aspects of SRS are evaluated, in which context, and by using which research method. On the basis of 46 identified and categorized primary studies, we found that understandability is the most commonly evaluated aspect of SRS, experiments are the most commonly used research method, and the academic environment is where most empirical evaluation takes place.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	12th Workshop on Requirements Engineering
Editors	C. Ayala, C. Silva, H. Astudillo
Place of Publication	Chile
Publisher	Valparaiso University Press
Pages	121-128
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	978-956-319-941-3
Publication status	Published - 16 Jul 2009
Event	12th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference: Requirements for Innovation in a Changing World - Kyoto, Japan Duration: 6 Sep 2004 → 10 Sep 2004 Conference number: 12 http://web.archive.org/web/20050305090242/http://www.re04.org/

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Conference	12th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference
Abbreviated title	RE
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Kyoto
Period	6/09/04 → 10/09/04
Internet address	http://web.archive.org/web/20050305090242/http://www.re04.org/

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Mapping Study
Requirements specifications
SCS-Services

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Condori-Fernandez, N., Daneva, M., Sikkel, N., Wieringa, R., Dieste, O., & Pastor, O. (2009). Research Findings on Empirical Evaluation of Requirements Specifications Approaches. In C. Ayala, C. Silva, & H. Astudillo (Eds.), 12th Workshop on Requirements Engineering (pp. 121-128). Valparaiso University Press. http://wer.inf.puc-rio.br/WERpapers/artigos/artigos_WER09/fernandez.pdf

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Condori-Fernandez, N, Daneva, M, Sikkel, N, Wieringa, R, Dieste, O & Pastor, O 2009, Research Findings on Empirical Evaluation of Requirements Specifications Approaches. in C Ayala, C Silva & H Astudillo (eds), 12th Workshop on Requirements Engineering. Valparaiso University Press, Chile, pp. 121-128, 12th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference, Kyoto, Japan, 6/09/04. <http://wer.inf.puc-rio.br/WERpapers/artigos/artigos_WER09/fernandez.pdf>

Research Findings on Empirical Evaluation of Requirements Specifications Approaches. / Condori-Fernandez, Nelly; Daneva, Maia; Sikkel, Nicolaas et al.

12th Workshop on Requirements Engineering. ed. / C. Ayala; C. Silva; H. Astudillo. Chile : Valparaiso University Press, 2009. p. 121-128.

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

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