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State of practice in requirements engineering: contemporary data

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Little contemporary data exists that documents software requirements elicitation, requirements specification, document development, and specification validation practices. An exploratory survey of more than 3,000 software professionals was conducted and nearly 250 responses were obtained. Survey data obtained includes characteristics of projects, practices, organizations, and practitioners related to requirements engineering. Selected results are presented along with interpretations of this data.

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  1. Engineering Division, The Pennsylvania State University, 30 E Swedesford Rd, Malvern, PA, 19355, USA

    Mohamad Kassab, Colin Neill & Phillip Laplante

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Kassab, M., Neill, C. & Laplante, P. State of practice in requirements engineering: contemporary data. Innovations Syst Softw Eng 10, 235–241 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11334-014-0232-4

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