An analytical model for requirements selection quality evaluation in product software development

Björn Regnell; Lena Karlsson; Martin Höst

doi:10.1109/ICRE.2003.1232757

An analytical model for requirements selection quality evaluation in product software development

Björn Regnell, Lena Karlsson, Martin Höst

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Abstract

In market-driven development of product software, a crucial decision for each candidate requirement is whether or not to select it for implementation in the next release. We present an analytical model of the requirements selection process, which is used for reasoning about decision quality. A network of queues, with two classes of jobs, models the selection of requirements of different quality. The feasibility of model parameter estimation is validated in a survey involving product managers and system engineers. The results show that some of the respondents have made internally consistent parameter estimations, indicating that the model is relevant and its parameters understandable. It is also shown that a majority of the consistent respondents estimate that most of their implemented product requirements are incorrectly selected. The main objective of the model is to provide tools for evaluation of improvement proposals by estimating the impact of process change

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings 11th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference
Publisher	IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	254-263
ISBN (Print)	0-7695-1980-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRE.2003.1232757
Publication status	Published - 2003
Event	Proceedings 11th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference - Monterey Bay, CA, United States Duration: 2003 Sept 8 → 2003 Sept 12

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Conference	Proceedings 11th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference
Country/Territory	United States
City	Monterey Bay, CA
Period	2003/09/08 → 2003/09/12

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analytical model
product software development
market-driven development
product software
parameter estimation
process change
requirement selection quality evaluation

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Regnell, B, Karlsson, L & Höst, M 2003, An analytical model for requirements selection quality evaluation in product software development. in Proceedings 11th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference. IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 254-263, Proceedings 11th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference, Monterey Bay, CA, United States, 2003/09/08. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRE.2003.1232757

An analytical model for requirements selection quality evaluation in product software development. / Regnell, Björn; Karlsson, Lena; Höst, Martin.
Proceedings 11th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference. IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2003. p. 254-263.

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