Requirements communication and balancing in large-scale software-intensive product development

Pernstål, Joakim; Gorschek, Tony; Feldt, Robert; Florén, Dan

doi:10.1016/j.infsof.2015.06.007

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“…Consequently, this study implies that BA must be a bridge between users and developers. This result also validates research on the methods to solve communication problems about project requirements [16,23] and the social relationship between users and analysts to identify early requirements [71].…”

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confidence: 74%

“…It is a systematic and disciplined approach to identify, analyze, and specify requirements and it provides guidelines on requirements processes or techniques, such as elicitation, analysis, specification, and traceability [18][19][20][21][22]. Requirements engineering is useful for effective communication with stakeholders for project success [23,24] as ineffective communication on requirements may result in project failure [25].…”

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confidence: 99%

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A Study on the Relative Importance of Underlying Competencies of Business Analysts

2016

KSII TIIS

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Business analysis is a key factor of project success or failure in information systems. However, there are few studies on business analysis competencies. The objective of this paper is to identify which competencies a business analyst (BA) needs, and analyze the importance weights and priorities of business analysis competencies. Literature review yielded 6 competency dimensions and 30 competencies. Based on interviews with 12 experts and analytic hierarchy process analysis, the relative importance weight and priority of each business analysis competency were analyzed. Moreover, an importance-perception gap between stakeholders in different positions was identified. This result can be used as selection and development criteria for superior BAs that are responsible for solving business problems using information systems solutions.

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confidence: 74%

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confidence: 99%

A Study on the Relative Importance of Underlying Competencies of Business Analysts

2016

KSII TIIS

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“…Coordination modes were previously used to study work coordination in large‐scale software development, 47 and it was found that both scheduled and unscheduled meetings are important for coordination and that needs of work coordination change over time. Large‐scale software development projects have been traditionally associated with plan‐driven management and coordination by standardization 20,21 . However, empirical studies in large‐scale software development suggest that the success of standardization and modularization is limited 39 .…”

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“…18,19 Finally, to address coordination challenges, software companies have tried to limit task interdependence with approaches such as centralization and modularization. 9 The centralization approach prescribes that certain functions such as communication with the customer, 3 system testing, or system integration 20,21 are centralized and moved out of development teams. However, this creates new dependencies and requires software teams to synchronize their work, including the exchange of feedback, with the supporting functions and roles.…”

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Team‐external coordination in large‐scale software development projects

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Šmite

Moe

2020

J Software Evolu Process

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High‐quality work is said to depend on team abilities. However, teams working in large‐scale projects often do not have all expertise to complete their tasks, which are also highly interdependent. Therefore, teams need to rely on coordination with other teams, experts, and supporting roles. In this paper, we explore teams' coordination needs and evaluate the impact of the satisfaction of these needs on team performance. We conducted an embedded multicase study with nine teams in two projects in two companies. We collected qualitative data through nine focus groups and 19 interviews and quantitative data using a questionnaire with 49 members from the studied teams. Our results suggest that project‐, team‐, and task‐related characteristics impact teams' coordination needs. Even in the same project, teams may have different expertise and work coordination needs. We found that the satisfaction of these needs seems to influence teams' performance, although our results are inconclusive and yield a closer look in future research. On the basis of our findings, we recommend the companies to cultivate a networking culture and support teams external coordination with other teams and experts, paying attention to their needs, for example, driven by a lack of experience or increased work complexity.

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“…In software engineering, human factor has been recognized as critical for success, especially in SRE that is based on collaboration of different stakeholders (Pernstål et al, 2015). In this course of thinking, Andreou (2003) stated that rules and focus in collecting software requirements shift from the operations and the data to be processed by the system to human-computer interaction and organizational factors.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

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Software developers' perceptions of soft skills in software requirements engineering

Zorić¹,

Stojanov²

2018

JEMC

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Software requirements express users' needs and constraints for a software system to be constructed in order to solve some real problems. Both researchers and practitioners from industry point out that well performed requirements related activities have very important role for successful realization of software projects. Software developers work on software requirements jointly with software users. Requirements elicitation and specification are especially important since they require software developers with multidisciplinary skills. These activities require not only technical skills but also non-technical or soft skills. This article presents a qualitative study with software developers aimed at inquiring how they perceive soft skills in software requirements activities. The study involved 14 software developers, who were interviewed. Data analysis, based on inductive thematic analysis, resulted in three themes that reflect software developers' perceptions about soft skills. The study findings revealed that software developers are aware of soft skills, recognize the need to improve them and understand their importance in everyday practice. Implications of the research findings for researchers, software developers and managers in software organizations are discussed.

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Requirements communication and balancing in large-scale software-intensive product development

Cited by 17 publications

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A Study on the Relative Importance of Underlying Competencies of Business Analysts

A Study on the Relative Importance of Underlying Competencies of Business Analysts

Team‐external coordination in large‐scale software development projects

Software developers' perceptions of soft skills in software requirements engineering

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