Authors:
Leandro Teixeira Lopes
and
Jorge Luis Nicolas Audy
Affiliation:
School of Computer Science, PUCRS, Brazil
Keyword(s):
Distributed Software Development, Global Software Development, Global Teams, Requirements Engineering, Requirements Analysis, Requirements Specification.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Information Systems Analysis and Specification
;
Methodologies, Processes and Platforms
;
Model-Driven Software Development
;
Requirements Analysis And Management
;
Software Engineering
;
Systems Engineering
Abstract:
In the growing market of global software development (GSD), requirements engineering emerges as a critical process impacted by distribution. The need of a process to address the difficulties caused by team dispersion in requirements engineering is recognized. The objective of this paper is to present lessons learned from a case study conducted to evaluate a requirements engineering process model for distributed software development. Empirical results were obtained in a multinational organization that develops software with teams distributed in a global setting. The main contribution of this paper is providing an insight in the use of a requirements engineering process model for GSD, as well as, new information on current needs for changes or revision in traditional requirements engineering models.