Tailoring Requirements Negotiation to Sustainability

Norbert Seyff; Stefanie Betz; Leticia Duboc; Colin C. Venters; Christoph Becker; Ruzanna Chitchyan; Birgit Penzenstadler; Markus Nöbauer

doi:10.1109/RE.2018.00038

Tailoring Requirements Negotiation to Sustainability

Norbert Seyff, Stefanie Betz, Leticia Duboc, Colin C. Venters, Christoph Becker, Ruzanna Chitchyan, Birgit Penzenstadler, Markus Nöbauer

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Abstract

Requirements Engineering (RE) plays a critical role in software system development and is argued to be the key leverage point for practitioners who want to design sustainable software-intensive systems. However, existing RE methods and tools do not explicitly facilitate the discussion and negotiation of sustainability-related concerns. This leads to insufficient or onedimensional perceptions of sustainability. In this paper, we discuss our understanding of sustainability and its relationship with requirements. Based on the outcomes of this discussion, we have extended the WinWin Negotiation Model by incorporating sustainability concepts so that the negotiation also includes the ability to consider the impact of requirements on sustainability. Applying this negotiation method in an exploratory industrial case study, we have learned that this approach stimulates the discussion on sustainability and its multiple dimensions. It also allows practitioners to reflect on requirements and their effects on sustainability. However, we have also observed that further in-depth requirements analysis is needed to analyse the long-term effects of requirements regarding sustainability.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE 26th International Requirements Engineering Conference
Editors	Guenther Ruhe, Walid Maalej, Daniel Amyot
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	304-314
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538674185
ISBN (Print)	9781538674192
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/RE.2018.00038
Publication status	Published - 15 Oct 2018
Event	26th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference - Banff Centre, Banff, Canada Duration: 20 Aug 2018 → 24 Aug 2018 Conference number: 26 http://www.re18.org/ (Link to Conference Website)

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Conference	26th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference
Abbreviated title	RE'18
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Banff
Period	20/08/18 → 24/08/18
Internet address	http://www.re18.org/ (Link to Conference Website)

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Tailoring Requirements Negotiation to Sustainability

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Do we really know what we are building? Raising awareness of potential Sustainability Effects of Software Systems in Requirements Engineering

Crowd-Focused Semi-Automated Requirements Engineering for Evolution Towards Sustainability

Characterising sustainability requirements: A new species, red herring, or just an odd fish?

Mind the chasm: A FishEye lens view of sustainable software engineering in UK higher education

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