Value-Oriented Requirements Prioritization in a Small Development Organization

Author

Azar, Jim ; Smith, Randy K. ; Cordes, David

Author_Institution

Orasi Software, Kennesaw, GA

Volume

24

Issue

1

fYear

2007

Firstpage

32

Lastpage

37

Abstract

Requirements engineering, especially requirements prioritization and selection, plays a critical role in overall project development. In small companies, this often difficult process can affect not only project success but also overall company survivability. A value-oriented prioritization (VOP) framework can help this process by clarifying and quantifying the selection and prioritization issues. A case study of a small development company shows a successful VOP deployment that improved communications and saved time by focusing requirements decisions for new product releases on core company values

Keywords

DP industry; formal specification; formal verification; software development management; project development; requirement engineering; requirement selection; small development organization; value-based software engineering; value-oriented requirement prioritization; Aerospace testing; Costs; Decision making; Marketing and sales; Process planning; Programming; Project management; Risk analysis; Scheduling; Software development management; requirements/specifications; software engineering; value-based software engineering;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Software, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0740-7459

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MS.2007.30

Filename

4052549