Contextual attributes impacting the effectiveness of requirements elicitation techniques: mapping theoretical and empirical research

Carrizo Moreno, Dante Hugo and Dieste Tubio, Óscar and Juristo Juzgado, Natalia (2017). Contextual attributes impacting the effectiveness of requirements elicitation techniques: mapping theoretical and empirical research. "Information and Software Technology", v. 92 ; pp. 194-221. ISSN 0950-5849. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2017.08.003.

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Title: Contextual attributes impacting the effectiveness of requirements elicitation techniques: mapping theoretical and empirical research
Author/s:
  • Carrizo Moreno, Dante Hugo
  • Dieste Tubio, Óscar
  • Juristo Juzgado, Natalia
Item Type: Article
Título de Revista/Publicación: Information and Software Technology
Date: December 2017
ISSN: 0950-5849
Volume: 92
Subjects:
Freetext Keywords: Elicitation methods; Requirements elicitation; Contextual attributes; Systematic mapping study
Faculty: E.T.S. de Ingenieros Informáticos (UPM)
Department: Lenguajes y Sistemas Informáticos e Ingeniería del Software
Creative Commons Licenses: Recognition - No derivative works - Non commercial

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Abstract

Background: Software engineers can utilise a myriad of elicitation techniques to capture relevant information in order to specify requirements. The effectiveness of these techniques varies depending on the context in which the elicitation takes place. So, it is important to identify the attributes that represent this context. Objective: This paper aims to match theoretical to empirical research on contextual attributes that influence elicitation technique effectiveness. Method: We conduct a systematic mapping study to identify proposed attributes (by theoretical works) and attributes studied empirically. Then we map empirical results with theoretical proposals. Results: 60% of theoretically proposed attributes have been studied empirically. There seems to be some degree of coordination between theory and empiricism. However, there is empirical confirmation of the impact of only a third of the theoretically proposed attributes. Conclusions: These results call for more empirical research in order to evaluate beliefs with respect to elicitation techniques.

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Government of Spain
TIN2014-60490-P
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Item ID: 50715
DC Identifier: https://oa.upm.es/50715/
OAI Identifier: oai:oa.upm.es:50715
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2017.08.003
Official URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/...
Deposited by: Memoria Investigacion
Deposited on: 16 May 2018 07:48
Last Modified: 16 May 2018 07:48
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