Requirements interaction management in an eXtreme Programming environment: a case study

This paper reports experience applying the process of requirements interaction management (RIM) within the context of developing a commercial, Internet-based software application in an industrial venue, employing the eXtreme Programming (XP) methodology. We describe our means of managing the interactions - by extending the standard XP requirements process while maintaining consistency with the principles of XP itself. We outline our rationale for modifying the XP requirements process, and provide a temporal comparison showing that, for this project, modified process is essential to successful application of RIM.