A Case Study on a Hybrid Approach to Assessing the Maturity of Requirements Engineering Practices in Agile Projects (REMMA)

Mirosław Ochodek; Sylwia Kopczyńska; Jerzy Nawrocki

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-38919-2_58

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A Case Study on a Hybrid Approach to Assessing the Maturity of Requirements Engineering Practices in Agile Projects (REMMA)

Authors

Mirosław Ochodek (WIiT) ^{[ 1 ][ 2.3 ][ P ]}
Sylwia Kopczyńska (WIiT) ^{[ 1 ][ 2.3 ][ P ]}
Jerzy Nawrocki (WIiT) ^{[ 1 ][ 2.3 ][ P ]}

^{[ 1 ]} Instytut Informatyki, Wydział Informatyki i Telekomunikacji, Politechnika Poznańska | ^{[ P ]} employee

Scientific discipline (Law 2.0)

[2.3] Information and communication technology

Year of publication

2020

Chapter type

chapter in monograph / paper

Publication language

english

Keywords

EN

Requirements Engineering
process assessment
process maturity
process improvement
agile

Abstract

EN Context: Requirements Engineering (RE) is one of the key processes in software development. With the advent of agile software development methods, new challenges have emerged for traditional, prescriptive maturity models aiming to support the improvement of RE process. One of the main problems is that frequently the guidelines prescribed by agile approaches have to be adapted to a project’s context to provide benefits. Therefore, it might be naive to believe that it is possible to propose a prescriptive method of RE process improvement that will suit all agile projects without any alteration. Objective: The aim of the paper is to evaluate a hybrid approach to assessing the maturity of agile RE (REMMA), which combines elements of prescriptive and problem-oriented improvement methods. Method: The usefulness, ease of use, and cost-effectiveness of REMMA were investigated through a case study performed in one of the biggest software houses in Central Europe. Results: The results of the case study suggest that the method seems easy to use, affordable, and is perceived as a useful tool to support the process of improving RE practices in agile projects. Its feature of taking into account the dependencies between practices and the necessity to adapt them to a certain project context was regarded as well suited for the agile context. Conclusions: REMMA, which includes two main components: a maturity model for agile RE (a set of state-of-the-art agile RE practices) and an assessment method that makes it possible to evaluate how well the agile RE practices are implemented, seems to be a useful tool supporting improvement of RE in agile projects.

Date of online publication

17.01.2020

Pages (from - to)

689 - 698

DOI

10.1007/978-3-030-38919-2_58

URL

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-38919-2_58

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SOFSEM 2020: Theory and Practice of Computer Science : 46th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Informatics, SOFSEM 2020, Limassol, Cyprus, January 20–24, 2020, Proceedings

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46th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Informatics SOFSEM 2020, 20-24.01.2020, Limassol, Cyprus