People, Organizational and Technological Dimensions of Software Requirements Specification

被引:11
作者
Belfo, Fernando [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Minho, Algoritmi Res Ctr, P-4800058 Guimaraes, Portugal
来源
4TH CONFERENCE OF ENTERPRISE INFORMATION SYSTEMS - ALIGNING TECHNOLOGY, ORGANIZATIONS AND PEOPLE (CENTERIS 2012) | 2012年 / 5卷
关键词
software requirements specification; requirements management; technological dimension; organizational dimension; people dimension; INFORMATION-TECHNOLOGY;
D O I
10.1016/j.protcy.2012.09.034
中图分类号
TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
080201 [机械制造及其自动化];
摘要
A software specification can be defined as a short statement of the requirements that the software must assure. Through these requirements, software must provide facilities or capabilities to users, enabling them to achieve the specified organizational objectives. Nevertheless, the inappropriate specification of requirements is still considered one of the reasons for the failure of software development projects. One of the reasons that may explain this failure is that requirements specification tends to overvalue the technology side of requirements. Good requirements are only assured by the right combination of three dimensions: people, organization and technology. This paper reviews significant literature about software requirements management, particularly software requirements specification, identifying major issues and concerns. Through the lenses of each one of these three dimensions, several important facets of software requirements specification are analyzed, covering each of their main quality attributes. Implications for future research are discussed. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer review under responsibility of CENTERIS/SCIKA - Association for Promotion and Dissemination of Scientific Knowledge
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页码:310 / 318
页数:9
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