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2013 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

4.  DUFICE: Guidelines for a Lightweight Management of Requirements Knowledge

Authors : W. Maalej, A. K. Thurimella

Published in: Managing Requirements Knowledge

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Abstract

Working with requirements is a knowledge-intensive task. During the elicitation, comprehension, or management of requirements, practitioners often consume and produce additional information such as domain knowledge, rationale, requirements dependencies, “who knows what”, or how-to’s. However, current requirements engineering processes and tools lack a systematic support for the management of knowledge about requirements. This makes it difficult for practitioners to capture and share such knowledge.
This chapter summarises our experience on implementing a lightweight, pragmatic approach to capture and share requirements knowledge. We recommend practitioners to Draw a knowledge landscape, Use lightweight tools, Follow a simple iterative process, Interact with external communities, Capture tacit knowledge, and Establish a knowledge culture. We introduce these guidelines, report on motivating examples, and discuss how they can be applied successfully in practice.

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Metadata
Title
DUFICE: Guidelines for a Lightweight Management of Requirements Knowledge
Authors
W. Maalej
A. K. Thurimella
Copyright Year
2013
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Book
Managing Requirements Knowledge

Print ISBN: 978-3-642-34418-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-642-34419-0

Copyright Year: 2013

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34419-0_4

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