Cultural Aspects of Global Requirements Engineering: An Empirical Chinese-German Case Study

Author

Brockmann, Patricia Shiroma ; Thaumüller, Thomas

Author_Institution

Comput. Sci. Dept., Ohm Univ. of Appl. Sci., Nuremberg, Germany

fYear

2009

fDate

13-16 July 2009

Firstpage

353

Lastpage

357

Abstract

Global software development places extremely high demands on requirements engineering. Learning to combine requirements engineering techniques across national, cultural and language borders presents unique challenges for developers. In this paper, we explore the significant cultural challenges to requirements engineering in global software development. As an empirical case study, we look at the difficulties involved in applying requirements engineering methods to a joint Chinese-German software project.

Keywords

formal specification; software engineering; Chinese-German software project; global requirements engineering; global software development; requirements engineering techniques; Application software; Computer science; Cultural differences; Data engineering; Global communication; Power engineering and energy; Programming; Software engineering; Statistical analysis; Uncertainty; China; Germany; agile; cultural aspects; engineering; global; requirements; software;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Software Engineering, 2009. ICGSE 2009. Fourth IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Limerick

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3710-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICGSE.2009.55

Filename

5196959