preliminary results of a systematic review on requirements evolution

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	preliminary results of a systematic review on requirements evolution
	Li Juan; Zhang He; Zhu Liming; Jeffery Ross; Wang Qing; Li Mingshu
	2012
会议名称	16th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering, EASE 2012
会议录名称	IET Seminar Digest
页码	12-21
会议日期	May 14, 2012 - May 15, 2012
会议地点	Ciudad Real, Spain
收录类别	EI
ISBN	9781849195416
部门归属	(1) Institute of Software Chinese Academy of Sciences China; (2) National ICT Australia Australia; (3) School of Computer Science and Engineering University of New South Wales Australia
摘要	Background: Software systems must evolve in order to adapt in a timely fashion to the rapid changes of stakeholder needs, technologies, business environment and society regulations. Numerous studies have shown that cost, schedule or defect density of a software project may escalate as the requirements evolve. Requirements evolution management has become one important topic in requirements engineering research. Aim: To depict a holistic state-of-the-art of requirement evolution management. Method: We undertook a systematic review on requirements evolution management. Results: 125 relevant studies were identified and reviewed. This paper reports the preliminary results from this review: (1) the terminology and definition of requirements evolution; (2) fourteen key activities in requirements evolution management; (3) twenty-eight metrics of requirements evolution for three measurement goals. Conclusions: Requirements evolution is a process of continuous change of requirements in a certain direction. Most existing studies focus on how to deal with evolution after it happens. In the future, more research attention on exploring the evolution laws and predicting evolution is encouraged.; Background: Software systems must evolve in order to adapt in a timely fashion to the rapid changes of stakeholder needs, technologies, business environment and society regulations. Numerous studies have shown that cost, schedule or defect density of a software project may escalate as the requirements evolve. Requirements evolution management has become one important topic in requirements engineering research. Aim: To depict a holistic state-of-the-art of requirement evolution management. Method: We undertook a systematic review on requirements evolution management. Results: 125 relevant studies were identified and reviewed. This paper reports the preliminary results from this review: (1) the terminology and definition of requirements evolution; (2) fourteen key activities in requirements evolution management; (3) twenty-eight metrics of requirements evolution for three measurement goals. Conclusions: Requirements evolution is a process of continuous change of requirements in a certain direction. Most existing studies focus on how to deal with evolution after it happens. In the future, more research attention on exploring the evolution laws and predicting evolution is encouraged.
关键词	Laws And Legislation Measurements
语种	英语
内容类型	会议论文
URI标识	http://ir.iscas.ac.cn/handle/311060/15796
专题	中国科学院软件研究所
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Li Juan,Zhang He,Zhu Liming,et al. preliminary results of a systematic review on requirements evolution[C],2012:12-21.