Recommendation systems-based software requirements elicitation process—a systematic literature review

Abstract

Requirements elicitation is one of the fundamental sub-processes of requirements engineering which is used to find the needs of stakeholders. There are several activities in this sub-process, i.e., identification of stakeholders and their requirements, software requirements prioritization, and analysis. Recommendation systems have been intertwined with the requirements elicitation process to predict the stakeholders’ requirements based on their preferences for functional and non-functional requirements. A number of systematic literature reviews (SLRs) have been carried out in the area of requirements elicitation. These SLRs do not support the applications of the recommendation systems during the requirements elicitation process. To deal with this issue, we present an SLR on recommendation systems-based software requirements elicitation processes, from 2009 to 2022, undertaking four research questions: (a) What are the different activities of the software requirements elicitation methods? (b) What are the applications of recommendation systems in the identification of the software requirements? (c) How the recommendation systems can facilitate the identification of stakeholders in the requirements elicitation process? (d) What are the ways to automate the selection of requirements elicitation techniques? The aim of this study is to identify the research gaps in the area of recommendation systems-based requirements elicitation processes and suggest future research directions.

Analysis of Traditional and Agile Software Development Process for Developing Recommender Model using Machine Learning

“…Faiz Akram's systematic literature review (4) demonstrates the requirements for elicitation method that has been integrated with recommendation systems that use collaborative filtering suggestion systems to forecast the requirements of the stakeholders based on their preferences for functional and non-functional requirements. This recommendation system aids in the resolution of issues such as: How might recommendation systems help identify stakeholders throughout the requirements elicitation process?…”

“…Proposed System The recommender system proposed by Faiz Akram et al (4) in 2024 has developed a recommender system that helps in the selection of requirements gathering techniques and is used only during the first phase of the software development process, i.e., during communication activity. It will not be applicable for the rest of the software development process.…”

“…Software engineering recommendation systems now in use are used to suggest various stages of development as well as the requirement elicitation process. Studies and research at present lack a recommendation mechanism that would suggest a development method (4) (5) . IT firm developers are constantly faced with a dilemma while choosing a software development approach to create higher-quality software that fulfills all the requirements of customers.…”