Uni-REPM: Validated and Improved
| Document type: | Journal Articles |
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| Article type: | Original article |
| Peer reviewed: | Yes |
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| Author(s): | Mikael Svahnberg, Tony Gorschek, Thi Than Loan Nguyen, Mai Nguyen |
| Title: | Uni-REPM: Validated and Improved |
| Journal: | Requirements Engineering Journal |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Volume: | 18 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pagination: | 85-103 |
| ISSN: | 0947-3602 |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| URI/DOI: | 10.1007/s00766-012-0148-1 |
| ISI number: | 000314889800005 |
| Organization: | Blekinge Institute of Technology |
| Department: | School of Computing (Sektionen för datavetenskap och kommunikation) School of Computing S-371 79 Karlskrona +46 455 38 50 00 http://www.bth.se/com |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | Software products are usually developed for either a specific customer (bespoke) or a broader market (market-driven). Due to their characteristic, bespoke and market-driven development face different challenges, especially concerning requirements engineering. Many challenges are caused by an inadequate requirements engineering process, and hence there is a need for process improvement frameworks based on empirical research and industry needs. In a previous article we introduced Uni-REPM, a lightweight requirements engineering process assessment framework based on a review of empirically motivated practices in market-driven and bespoke requirements engineering literature. In this article, we validate this framework in academia as well as industry, in order to prepare Uni-REPM for widespread industry use. We conduct two validations; a static validation based on interviews with seven academic experts and a dynamic validation where Uni-REPM is applied in four industrial organisations. Uni-REPM is refined according to the feedback obtained in the validations. The study shows that Uni-REPM is a quick, simple, and cost-effective solution to assess the maturity level of the requirements engineering process of projects. Moreover, the assessment method using checklists is highly usable and applicable in various international development environments. |
| Subject: | Software Engineering\General |
| Keywords: | Empirical validation; Lightweight; Process assessment; Requirements engineering |
