The Influence of Agile Methods on Requirements Engineering Courses

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Horkoff
Keyword(s):  
Requirements Engineering ◽  
Agile Methods

scholarly journals Challenges of Adopting SAFe in the Banking Industry – A Study Two Years After Its Introduction

2021 ◽  
pp. 157-171
Author(s):  
Sara Nilsson Tengstrand ◽  
Piotr Tomaszewski ◽  
Markus Borg ◽  
Ronald Jabangwe
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Requirements Engineering ◽  
Customer Relations ◽  
Banking Industry ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Agile Methods ◽  
Systems Architecture ◽  
External Stakeholders ◽  
Academic Publications ◽  
And Training

AbstractThe Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) is a framework for scaling agile methods in large organizations. We have found several experience reports and white papers describing SAFe adoptions in different banks, which indicates that SAFe is being used in the banking industry. However, there is a lack of academic publications on the topic, the banking industry is missing in the scientific reports analyzing SAFe transformations. To fill this gap, we present a study on the main challenges with a SAFe transformation at a large full-service bank. We identify the challenges in the bank under study and compare the findings with experience reports from other banks, as well as with research on SAFe transformations in other domains. Many of the challenges reported in this paper overlap with the generic SAFe challenges, including management and organization, education and training, culture and mindset, requirements engineering, quality assurance, and systems architecture. However, we also report some novel challenges specific to the banking domain, e.g., the risk of jeopardizing customer relations, stability, and trust of external stakeholders. This study validates several SAFe-related challenges reported in previous work in the banking context. It also brings up some novel challenges specific to the banking industry. Therefore, we believe our results are particularly useful to practitioners responsible for SAFe transformations at other banks.

ARES: An Agile Requirements Specification Process for Regulated Environments

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (10) ◽  
pp. 1403-1438
Author(s):  
Johnny Marques ◽  
Adilson Marques da Cunha
Keyword(s):  
Requirements Engineering ◽  
Life Cycles ◽  
Requirements Specification ◽  
Software Requirements ◽  
Agile Methods ◽  
New Process ◽  
Software Requirements Specification ◽  
Software Standards ◽  
Agile Requirements ◽  
Better Than

Agile methods have provided significant contributions to Software Engineering. This work presents a new process for Software Requirements Specification, integrating Agile Properties and regulated environments, such as aviation, medical, nuclear and automotive, among others. The Software in Regulated Environments (SRE) involves plan-driven methods with needed documentation to ensure safety, reliability, security, and discipline. This paper proposes a balance between agile and plan-driven methods. We define a new process, which explores and investigates the usage of agile methods in SRE. The scope of this paper is Requirements Engineering, which is considered as a set of activities involved in the management, elicitation, documentation, and maintenance of requirements. The Adile Requirements Specification (ARES) process contains four methods, 13 activities, and some required artifacts to ensure compliance with the following six relevant Software Standards for regulated environments: RTCA DO-178C, IEC 62304:2015, ECSS-E-ST-40C, IEC 61508-3, ISO/IEC/IEEE 12207, and IAEA SSG-39. The process evaluation was performed using two experiments: a Cockpit Display System (CDS) and a Healthcare Information System (HIS). These experiments were measured with appropriate metrics to ensure improvements in Software Requirements Specification and traceability among artifacts. The experimental results revealed that the ARES process works better than the original Scrum for Software in Regulated Environments. The ARES process can also be integrated with traditional software life cycles (Waterfall, V, and Incremental and Iterative), when applied in the Requirements Engineering phase.

A Requirements Engineering Framework for Software Startup Companies

2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 69-94
Author(s):  
Sudhaman Parthasarathy ◽  
Maya Daneva
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Rapid Prototyping ◽  
Requirements Engineering ◽  
Design Science ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Design Science Research ◽  
User Feedback ◽  
Agile Methods ◽  
Descriptive Framework

Requirements engineering (RE) for startups has only recently become an area of intense exploration. This paper provides results of a qualitative study with 45 practitioners from four startup companies in four countries. This research was planned and executed using the design science research (DSR) methodology and yielded a descriptive framework that was subjected to a first evaluation in empirical settings. The authors found that practitioners in startups deploy rapid prototyping practices and user feedback but in a different way than the agile methods assume. This research concludes with discussion on validity threats and some implications for practice and research.

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