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Validation of a Systematic Approach to Requirements Engineering Process Improvement in SMEs in a Design Science Framework

by Edward Kabaale, Christine Amulen, Geoffrey Kituyi
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 108 - Number 6
Year of Publication: 2014
Authors: Edward Kabaale, Christine Amulen, Geoffrey Kituyi
10.5120/18913-0221

Edward Kabaale, Christine Amulen, Geoffrey Kituyi . Validation of a Systematic Approach to Requirements Engineering Process Improvement in SMEs in a Design Science Framework. International Journal of Computer Applications. 108, 6 ( December 2014), 7-10. DOI=10.5120/18913-0221

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title = { Validation of a Systematic Approach to Requirements Engineering Process Improvement in SMEs in a Design Science Framework },
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issue_date = { December 2014 },
volume = { 108 },
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month = { December },
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pages = { 7-10 },
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url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume108/number6/18913-0221/ },
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Abstract

Requirements Engineering (RE) acts as a conduit between the needs of system users and the capabilities of software produced. Because of this, many Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have been tempted to invest in improving corresponding processes. Regrettably though, many process improvement approaches for RE do not meet SMEs' needs and are often hard to apply in these companies especially in transitional countries such as Uganda. This study therefore, presents a validation of a Systematic Approach to Requirements Engineering Process Improvement that can be used to enable RE process improvement in SME software companies in transitional countries. The validation was conducted following a design science research approach where four (4) case organizations were used. From the study, it is reported that the approach is indeed easy to use, understandable and is applicable to all kinds of SMEs that would wish to conduct RE process improvement.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Requirements Engineering Systematic Approach SMEs Design Science and Validation

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