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A Systematic Approach to Requirements Engineering Process Improvement in Small and Medium Enterprises: An Exploratory Study

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Product-Focused Software Process Improvement (PROFES 2011)

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Abstract

Requirements Engineering (RE) studies have demonstrated that requirements errors affect the quality of software developed, making software requirements critical determinants of software quality. Requirements Engineering Process Improvement (REPI) models have been provided by different authors to improve the RE process. However, little success has been achieved in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) software companies especially in transitional countries such as Uganda. This study reports on an exploratory study which provides insights into current RE practices in four Ugandan SME software companies, critical success factors and challenges that impede REPI. As a result a Systematic Approach to REPI has been designed following the design science approach. It provides guidelines and steps for SMEs in improving their RE processes.

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  1. Makerere University Business School, P.O.Box 1337, Kampala, Uganda

    Edward Kabaale

  2. School of Computing and Informatics Technology, Makerere University, P.O.Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda

    Josephine Nabukenya

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  1. Department of Informatics, University of Bari, Via E. Orabona 4, 70126, Bari, Italy

    Danilo Caivano , Maria Teresa Baldassarre  & Giuseppe Visaggio ,  & 

  2. Department of Information Processing Science, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 3000, 90014, Oulu, Finland

    Markku Oivo

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Kabaale, E., Nabukenya, J. (2011). A Systematic Approach to Requirements Engineering Process Improvement in Small and Medium Enterprises: An Exploratory Study. In: Caivano, D., Oivo, M., Baldassarre, M.T., Visaggio, G. (eds) Product-Focused Software Process Improvement. PROFES 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6759. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21843-9_21

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