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A Case Study on Benefits and Side-Effects of Agile Practices in Large-Scale Requirements Engineering

Bjarnason, Elizabeth LU orcid ; Wnuk, Krzysztof LU and Regnell, Björn LU orcid (2011) First workshop on Agile Requirements Engineering
Abstract
In the software industry, there is a strong shift from traditional phase-based development towards agile methods and practices. This paper reports on a case study aimed at investigating if, and how, agile Requirements Engineering (RE) can remedy the challenges of traditional RE, and what new challenges agile RE may pose. The results from an initial case study with 9 practitioners from a large software development company, which is transitioning towards agile-inspired processes, show that agile practices address some RE challenges such as communication gaps and overscoping, but also cause new challenges, such as striking a good balance between agility and stability, and ensuring sufficient competence in cross-functional development teams.
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Requirements/Specification - methodologies, Management, Documentation, Human Factors
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[Host publication title missing]
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5 pages
publisher
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
conference name
First workshop on Agile Requirements Engineering
conference location
Lancaster, United Kingdom
conference dates
2011-07-26
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  • scopus:83255164804
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English
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  abstract     = {{In the software industry, there is a strong shift from traditional phase-based development towards agile methods and practices. This paper reports on a case study aimed at investigating if, and how, agile Requirements Engineering (RE) can remedy the challenges of traditional RE, and what new challenges agile RE may pose. The results from an initial case study with 9 practitioners from a large software development company, which is transitioning towards agile-inspired processes, show that agile practices address some RE challenges such as communication gaps and overscoping, but also cause new challenges, such as striking a good balance between agility and stability, and ensuring sufficient competence in cross-functional development teams.}},
  author       = {{Bjarnason, Elizabeth and Wnuk, Krzysztof and Regnell, Björn}},
  booktitle    = {{[Host publication title missing]}},
  keywords     = {{Requirements/Specification - methodologies; Management; Documentation; Human Factors}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)}},
  title        = {{A Case Study on Benefits and Side-Effects of Agile Practices in Large-Scale Requirements Engineering}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/5546519/4285922.pdf}},
  year         = {{2011}},
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