• DocumentCode
    1798731
  • Title

    A review of practice and problems in requirements engineering in small and medium software enterprises in Thailand

  • Author

    Khankaew, Supha ; Riddle, Sean

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Comput. Sci., Newcastle Univ., Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    25-25 Aug. 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    8
  • Abstract
    This paper reports on a study investigating the current state of requirements engineering problems and practice amongst small and medium software companies in Thailand. The main objective of the study was to determine areas to improve in requirements engineering processes. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews with eleven small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Results show that software firms in Thailand encounter common problems such as clarity, correctness, completeness, change management, and customer communication. The result also shows the development needs in SMEs such as software process improvement, RE knowledge, requirements management tools, training, and knowledge transfer.
  • Keywords
    DP industry; formal specification; small-to-medium enterprises; software process improvement; RE knowledge; SME; Thailand; knowledge transfer; requirements engineering problem; requirements engineering process; requirements management tool; semistructured interviews; small and medium enterprises; small and medium software company; small and medium software enterprises; software firms; software process improvement; Capability maturity model; Companies; Cultural differences; Industries; Interviews; Software; Process Improvement; Requirements Engineering; SMEs; Software Engineering;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Empirical Requirements Engineering (EmpiRE), 2014 IEEE Fourth International Workshop on
  • Conference_Location
    Karlskrona
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EmpiRE.2014.6890109
  • Filename
    6890109