期刊
JOURNAL OF SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE
卷 162, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2019.110516
关键词
Requirements information models; Aligning software engineering practices; Automotive software engineering; Large-scale software development; Mixed methods research
资金
- Software Center Project 27 on RE for Large-Scale Agile System Development
- Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program (WASP) - Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
In large-scale automotive companies, various requirements engineering (RE) practices are used across teams. RE practices manifest in Requirements Information Models (RIM) that define what concepts and information should be captured for requirements. Collaboration of practitioners from different parts of an organization is required to define a suitable RIM that balances support for diverse practices in individual teams with the alignment needed for a shared view and team support on system level. There exists no guidance for this challenging task. This paper presents a mixed methods study to examine the role of RIMs in balancing alignment and diversity of RE practices in four automotive companies. Our analysis is based on data from systems engineering tools, 11 semi-structured interviews, and a survey to validate findings and suggestions. We found that balancing alignment and diversity of RE practices is important to consider when defining RIMs. We further investigated enablers for this balance and actions that practitioners take to achieve it. From these factors, we derived and evaluated recommendations for managing RIMs in practice that take into account the lifecycle of requirements and allow for diverse practices across sub-disciplines in early development, while enforcing alignment of requirements that are close to release. (C) 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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