The Problem of Consolidating RE Practices at Scale: An Ethnographic Study
Paper in proceedings, 2018
In practice, it is challenging to allow for flexibility and diversity between organizational units and at the same time establish consistent practices and sufficient alignment among them. Yet, it is desirable to balance this tradeoff, so that short time to market at reasonable cost can be achieved.
This paper presents an ethnographic study focusing on a three-year project in a large-scale industrial company that tried to consolidate requirements engineering practices and customize a tool solution to the company's needs while maintaining autonomy of individual units.
We present challenges of the company's initiative and share mitigation strategies based on our lessons learned. Specifically, we give indications on when to consolidate and unify, and when to allow for diversity in RE practices.
Industrial requirements engineering
Ethnographic study
Large-scale requirements engineering
Aligning requirements engineering practices
Author
Rebekka Wohlrab
Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Software Engineering (Chalmers)
Patrizio Pelliccione
Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Software Engineering (Chalmers), Software Engineering for Cyber Physical Systems
Eric Knauss
Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Software Engineering (Chalmers), Software Engineering for Testing, Requirements, Innovation and Psychology
Sarah C. Gregory
Intel Corporation
Proceedings of the 24th International Working Conference on Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality
Utrecht, Netherlands,
Subject Categories
Software Engineering
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-77243-1_10
ISBN
9783319772424