Facing the challenges of teaching requirements engineering

Portugal, Roxana Lisette Quintanilla; Engiel, Priscila; Pivatelli, Joanna; Leite, Julio Cesar Sampaio do Prado

doi:10.1145/2889160.2889200

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“…This list of advice covers: (1) teaching how to define the problem scope, and avoid general/vague specifications, (2) guiding how to select and use RE tools, (3) describing activities in requirements analysis and modeling, (4) involving students in industrial projects, and (5) familiarizing students with approaches to problem-solving and development methodologies. Portugal et al [18] presented an experience report regarding challenges faced while teaching RE to undergraduate students. The study was conducted in three consecutive semesters with a total of 57 students by taking traditional lectures, applying project-based learning methodology, and collecting feedbacks.…”

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“…They suggested that various RE concepts such as project planning, quality control, client involvement, and budgeting can be taught using Project-Based Learning (PBL). PBL is one of the most commonly used teaching methodologies in SE education, which has its own set of limitations [8] [18].…”

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“…The main challenge is providing students with a logical understanding of the RE phase, and how the concepts they learned have been applied in real projects. Ouhbi et al [13] Portugal et al [18] presented an experience report regarding challenges faced while teaching RE to undergraduate students. The study was conducted in three consecutive semesters with a total of 57 students by taking traditional lectures, applying project-based learning methodology, and collecting feedbacks.…”

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“…However, the application of CBL in teaching concepts of RE is unexplored. Looking at the importance of CBL [14] and the issues of RE education [13] [18], we intend to introduce CBL for teaching various RE concepts in a graduate SE course.…”

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Teaching requirements engineering concepts using case-based learning

Tiwari

Ameta

Singh

et al. 2018

Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Software Engineering Education for Millennials

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Requirements Engineering (RE) is known to be critical for the success of software projects, and hence forms an important part of any Software Engineering (SE) education curriculum offered at tertiary level. In this paper, we report the results of an exploratory pilot study conducted to assess the effectiveness of Case-Based Learning (CBL) methodology in facilitating the learning of several RE concepts. The evaluation was made on the basis of graduate students' responses to a set of questions representing various key learning principles, collected after the execution of two CBL sessions at DA-IICT, Gandhinagar (India). We investigate the perceived effectiveness of CBL in students' learning of various RE concepts, based on factors like case difference, gender diversity, and team size. Additionally, we collect and analyze the Teaching Assistants' (TAs) opinions about the conducted CBL sessions. The outcome of this CBL exercise was positive as maximum students were able to achieve all the five stated learning objectives. The authors also report various challenges, recommendations, and lessons learned while experiencing CBL sessions. KEYWORDSCase-based learning, experience report, exploratory pilot study, requirements engineering, software engineering education, teaching methodology 1 http://seabed.in/ 2

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Section: Related Workmentioning

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confidence: 99%

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Teaching requirements engineering concepts using case-based learning

Tiwari

Ameta

Singh

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Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Software Engineering Education for Millennials

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“…A series of international workshops, namely the International Workshop on Requirements Engineering Education and Training (REE&T), is devoted to the topic. A recent overview of activities in the field can be found in [32], up-to-date work is reported by, e.g., [33], [34]. Many papers in requirements engineering education focus on describing learning approaches in more or less anecdotal format, but lack a sound didactical underpinning.…”

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How Can We Find Out What Makes a Good Requirements Engineer in the Age of Digitalization?

Sedelmaier

Landes

2017

Int. J. Eng. Ped.

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Abstract-Good requirements are commonly viewed as a key success factor for IT (and non-IT) projects, but still there seems to be insufficient insight into which competences requirements engineers need to have these days. Digitalization is likely to pose new challenges to requirements engineering. Chances are that digitalization will change the competences that are necessary for successful requirements engineering.This paper proposes a research design that will be used for clarifying which competences requirements engineers need nowadays and how these competences change due to digitalization. To that end, qualitative and quantitative research methods will be combined for developing a comprehensive competence profile for requirements engineering on a scientific basis. The resulting competence profile constitutes a starting point for devising competence-oriented learning settings. Thus, our research contributes to a better understanding of competences for requirements engineering and improves education of future requirements engineers, in particular for coping with challenges posed by digitalization.

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