A4 Article in conference proceedings
Evaluation Framework for Analyzing the Applicability of Criteria Lists for the Selection of Requirements Management Tools Supporting Distributed Collaboration and Software Product Line Requirements Management (2016)

Santillan, M. F., & Käkölä, T. (2016). Evaluation Framework for Analyzing the Applicability of Criteria Lists for the Selection of Requirements Management Tools Supporting Distributed Collaboration and Software Product Line Requirements Management. In T. X. Bui, & R. H. J. Sprague (Eds.), 2016 49th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2016) : Koloa, Hawaii, USA, 5-8 January 2016 (pp. 5783-5792). IEEE. Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2016.716

JYU authors or editors

Publication details

All authors or editors: Santillan, Maria Florencia; Käkölä, Timo

Parent publication:  2016 49th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2016) : Koloa, Hawaii, USA, 5-8 January 2016

Parent publication editors: Bui, Tung X.; Sprague, Ralph H.. Jr.

Conference:

Place and date of conference: Koloa, Hawaii, USA, 5.-8.1.2016

eISBN: 978-0-7695-5670-3

Journal or series: Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

ISSN: 1530-1605

eISSN: 2572-6862

Publication year: 2016

Pages range: 5783-5792

Number of pages in the book: 5887

Publisher: IEEE

Place of Publication: Piscataway, NJ

Publication country: United States

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2016.716

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Open Access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/80181

Abstract

Effective requirements management and enabling tools are critical for successfully developing and maintaining services and products. The identification and selection of an appropriate requirements management tool can be a costly, time-consuming, and error-prone undertaking especially in the context of software product line requirements management, requiring the tools to support both product and platform development activities that often involve geographically distributed, collaborating, and competing stakeholders. Criteria lists have been developed to facilitate the selection. This research (1) creates an evaluation framework to review the applicability of the lists for the selection of requirements management tools supporting distributed collaboration and software product line requirements management and (2) leverages the framework to perform the evaluation. The lists are found to provide little support for evaluating the tools from the viewpoints of distributed collaboration and software product line requirements management. Future research is needed to create a more comprehensive list addressing these viewpoints.

Keywords: software business; product development; requirement specifications; control systems

Free keywords: formal specification; formal verification; software management; software product lines; software tools; distributed collaboration; software product lines

Contributing organizations

Ministry reporting: Yes

VIRTA submission year: 2016

JUFO rating: 1