Abstract
Requirements Engineering (RE) is an essential process in the continuous development of software
products. User involvement has a large potential for improving the quality of RE and thereby the
quality of software. Shortcomings of current RE methods and threats in the complex environment
of Software Product Organizations (SPO) trigger the need for an innovative method.
Crowdsourcing and gamification are two emerging trends that provide opportunities to overcome
the shortcomings and threats. In this thesis, the Crowd-Centric Requirements Engineering (CCRE)
method, which guides SPOs in involving all stakeholders in the RE process, is described. A
prototype, Refine, is built to demonstrate the method. Although some obstacles to large-scale
adoption exist, the evaluation of this demonstration shows that CCRE can provide a useful
process, useful requirements, engaged stakeholders and valuable interaction among those
stakeholders. Through these aspects, the method has shown potential to improve requirements
engineering in software production.
products. User involvement has a large potential for improving the quality of RE and thereby the
quality of software. Shortcomings of current RE methods and threats in the complex environment
of Software Product Organizations (SPO) trigger the need for an innovative method.
Crowdsourcing and gamification are two emerging trends that provide opportunities to overcome
the shortcomings and threats. In this thesis, the Crowd-Centric Requirements Engineering (CCRE)
method, which guides SPOs in involving all stakeholders in the RE process, is described. A
prototype, Refine, is built to demonstrate the method. Although some obstacles to large-scale
adoption exist, the evaluation of this demonstration shows that CCRE can provide a useful
process, useful requirements, engaged stakeholders and valuable interaction among those
stakeholders. Through these aspects, the method has shown potential to improve requirements
engineering in software production.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Utrecht |
| Publisher | UU BETA ICS Departement Informatica |
| Number of pages | 139 |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Publication series
| Name | Technical Report Series |
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| Publisher | UU Beta ICS Departement Informatica |
| No. | UU-CS-2015-004 |
| ISSN (Print) | 0924-3275 |