Evaluation of Software Requirements Management Practices in Some Nigerian Software Companies

Adoption of Requirements Engineering Practices in Malaysian Software Development Companies

This paper presents exploratory survey results on Requirements Engineering (RE) practices of some software development companies in Malaysia. The survey attempted to identify patterns of RE practices the companies are implementing. Information required for the survey was obtained through a survey, mailed self-administered questionnaires distributed to project managers and software developers wh...

Status of Requirements Management in Six Chinese Software Companies

Little is known about Chinese software development. In this paper, we report on the status of requirements management within six Chinese companies. We investigate the pre-implementation phases on business and engineering levels and documentation utilized within the whole development process.

Software Requirements Management

Requirements are defined as the desired set of characteristics of a product or a service. In the world of software development, it is estimated that more than half of the failures are attributed towards poor requirements management. This means that although the software functions correctly, it is not what the client requested. Modern software requirements management methodologies are available ...

Software Quality Improvement Software Requirements Engineering: Practices and Techniques

Comparing reuse practices in two large software-producing companies

Context: Reuse can improve productivity and maintainability in software development. Research has proposed a wide range of methods and techniques. Are these successfully adopted in practice? Objective: We propose a preliminary answer by integrating two in-depth empirical studies on software reuse at two large software-producing companies. Method: We compare and interpret the study results with ...