Critical Success Factors for the Improvement of Requirements Engineering Process

Mahmood Niazi; Sudha Shastry

Critical Success Factors for the Improvement of Requirements Engineering Process

Mahmood Niazi^*
, Sudha Shastry

^*Corresponding author for this work

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

6 Scopus citations

Abstract

The current software process improvement (SPI) standards have no specific section referring to requirements engineering (RE) process and they broadly treat it as a single activity in the overall development process. Research shows that in order to produce quality software greater attention must be given to the improvement of RE process. In order to improve the RE process we have extended the concept of critical success factors (CSFs). We have conducted 22 CSF interviews with 11 Australian companies. Our result show that factors that are generally considered critical for RE process improvement include: experienced staff, having clear scope up front, reviews, stakeholders involvement and using a combination of text and visual models to represent requirements. Our findings also show that there are more similarities than differences on CSFs across practitioner groups. It shows that RE practitioners are aware of what is imperative for the improvement of RE process.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practise. SERP 2003
Editors	B. Al-Ani, H.R. Arabnia, Y. Mun, B. Al-Ani, H.R. Arabnia, Y. Mun
Pages	433-439
Number of pages	7
State	Published - 2003
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practise
Volume	1

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Keywords

CMM
Critical Success Factors
Requirements process improvement

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Engineering

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Niazi, M., & Shastry, S. (2003). Critical Success Factors for the Improvement of Requirements Engineering Process. In B. Al-Ani, H. R. Arabnia, Y. Mun, B. Al-Ani, H. R. Arabnia, & Y. Mun (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practise. SERP 2003 (pp. 433-439). (Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practise; Vol. 1).

Niazi, Mahmood ; Shastry, Sudha. / Critical Success Factors for the Improvement of Requirements Engineering Process. Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practise. SERP 2003. editor / B. Al-Ani ; H.R. Arabnia ; Y. Mun ; B. Al-Ani ; H.R. Arabnia ; Y. Mun. 2003. pp. 433-439 (Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practise).

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Niazi, M & Shastry, S 2003, Critical Success Factors for the Improvement of Requirements Engineering Process. in B Al-Ani, HR Arabnia, Y Mun, B Al-Ani, HR Arabnia & Y Mun (eds), Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practise. SERP 2003. Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practise, vol. 1, pp. 433-439.

Critical Success Factors for the Improvement of Requirements Engineering Process. / Niazi, Mahmood; Shastry, Sudha.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practise. SERP 2003. ed. / B. Al-Ani; H.R. Arabnia; Y. Mun; B. Al-Ani; H.R. Arabnia; Y. Mun. 2003. p. 433-439 (Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practise; Vol. 1).

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

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Critical Success Factors for the Improvement of Requirements Engineering Process

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