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Type Conference or Workshop Paper
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Published in Proceedings Yes
Title Crowd-Focused Semi-Automated Requirements Engineering for Evolution Towards Sustainability
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Norbert Seyff
  • Stefanie Betz
  • Iris Groher
  • Melanie Stade
  • Ruzanna Chitchyan
  • Leticia Duboc
  • Birgit Penzenstadler
  • Colin Venters
  • Christoph Becker
Presentation Type paper
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
ISBN 978-1-5386-7418-5
Page Range 370 - 375
Event Title 26th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE'18)
Event Type conference
Event Location Banff, AB
Event Start Date September 20 - 2018
Event End Date September 24 - 2018
Place of Publication Los Alamitos, Ca.
Publisher IEEE
Abstract Text Continuous requirements elicitation is an essential aspect of software product evolution to keep systems aligned with changing user needs. However, current requirements engineering approaches do not explicitly address sustainability in the evolution of systems. Reasons include a lack of awareness and a lack of shared understanding of the concept of sustainability in the RE community. Identifying and analysing the effects of requirements regarding sustainability is challenging, as these effects can have an impact on multiple stakeholders and manifest themselves in one or more sustainability dimensions at different points in time. We argue that crowd-focused semi-automated requirements engineering allows the engagement of a large number of stakeholders (including users and domain experts) in a continuous cycle of negotiation regarding the potential effects of requirements on sustainability. Based on a motivating scenario, we introduce the idea of a platform for crowd-focused requirements engineering that supports the evolution towards sustainability. For the three key aspects of this platform, we present our ongoing work and discuss early results. We outline how the platform can be utilised to improve the broader awareness and understanding of sustainability, not only for the involved crowd but also for researchers and society in general.
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/RE.2018.00-23
Other Identification Number merlin-id:17837
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