NDLI: Requirements Engineering Decisions in the Context of an Existing Architecture: A Case Study of a Prototypical Project

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Ferrari, R. Madhavji, N.H. Sudmann, O. Henke, C. Geisler, J. Schafer, W.
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	The role of an existing systems architecture (SA) in requirements engineering (RE) is recognised as important, but under-researched. A recent exploratory study of ours investigated this issue in a laboratory setting involving student participants. While the initial findings are promising, much work still remains to solidify the results. Therefore, we conducted a replication of the study, and its significant extension, on a large-scale prototypical rail project. Specifically, we identify (i) the effects of SA on RE decisions, (ii) the characteristics of the RE decisions and (iii), the impact of such decisions on development activities and the rail system. The findings of this study have implications on tighter RE-SA integration across subsystems, impact analysis of requirements on SA, and planning and risk management. We also propose three emergent hypotheses from this case study as a driver for future empirical work in RE. This case study involved examining the 10-year history of requirements and architecting decisions in several major components of the rail project. The data collected was from numerous project documents and extensive interviews with the developers and planners.
Starting Page	79
Ending Page	88
File Size	395836
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424480227
ISSN	1090705X
DOI	10.1109/RE.2010.19
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2010-09-27
Publisher Place	Australia
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Vehicles Computer architecture Software Interviews Batteries Energy management Testing prototypical project Systems architecture requirements engineering requirements decisions case study
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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