Distributing responsibilities to engineer better requirements: Leveraging knowledge and perspectives for students to learn a key skill

Olly Gotel; Vidya Kulkarni; Moniphal Say; Christelle Scharff; Thanwadee Sunetnanta

doi:10.1109/REET.2009.9

Distributing responsibilities to engineer better requirements: Leveraging knowledge and perspectives for students to learn a key skill

Olly Gotel
, Vidya Kulkarni
, Moniphal Say
, Christelle Scharff
, Thanwadee Sunetnanta

Computer Science Academic Group

Pace University
University of Delhi
Institute of Technology of Cambodia

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Abstract

Getting students to appreciate the value of writing high quality requirements can be a difficult undertaking. This paper spotlights an educational experience in which students from across the globe were brought together to write the requirements for a software development competition in order to address this challenge. To account for a disparity of educational backgrounds while promoting quality, a model was designed to include requirements coaching, reinforced requirements auditing cycles and multi-perspective triggers for requirements change. The paper describes the multiplicity of roles that were created and the strategies that were undertaken in an attempt to improve the quality of the written requirements, summarizes the outcomes of the experience, and highlights the observed costs/benefits of teaching this skill and conveying its value in this manner. The application of such a model to distributed software development projects more generally is discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2009 4th International Workshop on Requirements Engineering Education and Training, REET 2009
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	28-37
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	9781424476954
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/REET.2009.9
Publication status	Published - 2009
Event	4th International Workshop on Requirements Engineering Education and Training, REET 2009 - Atlanta, GA, United States Duration: 1 Sept 2009 → 1 Sept 2009

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Name	2009 4th International Workshop on Requirements Engineering Education and Training, REET 2009

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Conference	4th International Workshop on Requirements Engineering Education and Training, REET 2009
Country/Territory	United States
City	Atlanta, GA
Period	1/09/09 → 1/09/09

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SDG 4 Quality Education

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Gotel, O., Kulkarni, V., Say, M., Scharff, C., & Sunetnanta, T. (2009). Distributing responsibilities to engineer better requirements: Leveraging knowledge and perspectives for students to learn a key skill. In 2009 4th International Workshop on Requirements Engineering Education and Training, REET 2009 (pp. 28-37). Article 5464413 (2009 4th International Workshop on Requirements Engineering Education and Training, REET 2009). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/REET.2009.9

Gotel, Olly ; Kulkarni, Vidya ; Say, Moniphal et al. / Distributing responsibilities to engineer better requirements : Leveraging knowledge and perspectives for students to learn a key skill. 2009 4th International Workshop on Requirements Engineering Education and Training, REET 2009. IEEE Computer Society, 2009. pp. 28-37 (2009 4th International Workshop on Requirements Engineering Education and Training, REET 2009).

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Gotel, O, Kulkarni, V, Say, M, Scharff, C & Sunetnanta, T 2009, Distributing responsibilities to engineer better requirements: Leveraging knowledge and perspectives for students to learn a key skill. in 2009 4th International Workshop on Requirements Engineering Education and Training, REET 2009., 5464413, 2009 4th International Workshop on Requirements Engineering Education and Training, REET 2009, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 28-37, 4th International Workshop on Requirements Engineering Education and Training, REET 2009, Atlanta, GA, United States, 1/09/09. https://doi.org/10.1109/REET.2009.9

Distributing responsibilities to engineer better requirements: Leveraging knowledge and perspectives for students to learn a key skill. / Gotel, Olly; Kulkarni, Vidya; Say, Moniphal et al.
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