A game for taking requirements engineering more seriously

authored by

Eric Knauss, Kurt Schneider, Kai Stapel

Abstract

Requirements engineering (RE) is often neglected and not taken seriously. In particular, students and small or medium enterprises do not see how RE ac-tivities are related to the success or failure of projects. We address this serious problem with a game stu-dents can play in a few minutes. Our software quantum metaphor helps to visualize a main challenge of RE: building the right system within available time. We animate the metaphor and present it as simulated sof-tware project. Agile ideas and comprehensive docu-mentation can be tried out, as well as the impact of prototypes and reviews on requirements. A player needs to balance speed and quality, and should weed out early misunderstandings later. This helps to experience advantages of systematic RE. The game facilitates comprehension - and encourages taking RE a little more seriously.

Organisation(s)

Software Engineering Section

Type

Conference contribution

Pages

22-26

No. of pages

5

Publication date

2008

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design, Computer Science Applications, Software

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.1109/MERE.2008.1 (Access: Closed)