Requirements Engineering Current Practice and Capability in Small and Medium Software Development Enterprises in New Zealand

Author

Talbot, Alison ; Connor, Andy

Author_Institution

Software Eng. Res. Lab., Auckland Univ. of Technol., Auckland, New Zealand

fYear

2011

fDate

10-12 Aug. 2011

Firstpage

17

Lastpage

25

Abstract

This paper presents research on current industry practices with respect to requirements engineering as implemented within software development companies in New Zealand. A survey instrument is designed and deployed. The results are analysed and compared against what is internationally considered "best practice" and previous New Zealand and Australian studies. An attempt is made to assess the requirements engineering capability of New Zealand companies using both formal and informal frameworks.

Keywords

DP industry; formal specification; small-to-medium enterprises; software development management; New Zealand; capability assessment; requirements engineering; small-to-medium enterprises; software development companies; survey instrument; Companies; Electronic mail; Interviews; Programming; Software; Training; Capability assessment; Current practice; Requirements engineering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications (SERA), 2011 9th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1028-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SERA.2011.39

Filename

6065613