What happened to our features? visualization and understanding of scope change dynamics in a large-scale industrial setting

Krzysztof Wnuk; Björn Regnell; Lena Karlsson

doi:10.1109/RE.2009.32

What happened to our features? visualization and understanding of scope change dynamics in a large-scale industrial setting

Krzysztof Wnuk, Björn Regnell, Lena Karlsson

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Abstract

When developing software platforms for product lines, decisions
on which features to implement are affected by factors
such as changing markets and evolving technologies. Effective
scoping thus requires continuous assessment of how changes
in the domain impact scoping decisions. Decisions may have
to be changed as circumstances change, resulting in a dynamic
evolution of the scope of software asset investments. This paper
presents an industrial case study in a large-scale setting
where a technique called Feature Survival Charts for visualization
of scoping change dynamics has been implemented and
evaluated in three projects. The evaluation demonstrated that
the charts can effectively focus investigations of reasons behind
scoping decisions, valuable for future process improvements.
A set of scoping measurements is also proposed, analyzed theoretically
and evaluated empirically with data from the cases.
The conclusions by the case company practitioners are positive,
and the solution is integrated with their current requirements
engineering measurement process.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference
Publisher	IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	89-98
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	978-0-7695-3761-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/RE.2009.32
Publication status	Published - 2009
Event	17th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference - Atlanta, United States Duration: 2009 Sept 12 → …

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ISSN (Print)	1090-705X

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Conference	17th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference
Country/Territory	United States
City	Atlanta
Period	2009/09/12 → …

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Computer Science

Free keywords

requirements visualisation
requirements management
large-scale requirements engineering
empirical study

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1 Doctoral Thesis (compilation)

Visualizing, Analyzing and Managing the Scope of Software Releases in Large-Scale Requirements Engineering
Wnuk, K., 2012, Lund University. 363 p.
Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis (compilation)

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Wnuk, K, Regnell, B & Karlsson, L 2009, What happened to our features? visualization and understanding of scope change dynamics in a large-scale industrial setting. in IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference. IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 89-98, 17th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference, Atlanta, United States, 2009/09/12. https://doi.org/10.1109/RE.2009.32

What happened to our features? visualization and understanding of scope change dynamics in a large-scale industrial setting. / Wnuk, Krzysztof; Regnell, Björn; Karlsson, Lena.
IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference. IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2009. p. 89-98.

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Visualizing, Analyzing and Managing the Scope of Software Releases in Large-Scale Requirements Engineering

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