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      Incomplete software requirements and assumptions made by software engineers

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      Albayrak, Özlem
      Kurtoǧlu, Hülya
      Biçakçi, M.
      Date
      2009
      Source Title
      2009 16th Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference
      Print ISSN
      1530-1362
      Publisher
      IEEE
      Pages
      333 - 339
      Language
      English
      Type
      Conference Paper
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      Abstract
      Many software engineers make implicit assumptions when working with incomplete software requirements. To study assumptions made by software engineers while converting incomplete requirements to software design or to implementation phase deliverables, we conducted an experiment with 251 software engineers from eight companies. The results of this empirical study showed that how software engineers responded (using source code, pseudo code, or prototype) to an incomplete requirement significantly impacted the number of explicit assumptions they made. We studied relationships between the number of explicit assumptions and the engineers' experience and educational backgrounds. On average, non-computer-background engineers made more explicit assumptions than computerbackground graduates. We found a significant relationship between the engineers' experience and the number of explicit assumptions made. We discuss the results and their implications. © 2009 IEEE.
      Keywords
      Assumption
      Incomplete software requirements
      Empirical studies
      Pseudo codes
      Software engineers
      Software requirements
      Source codes
      Computer software
      Engineers
      Professional aspects
      Requirements engineering
      Software design
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      http://hdl.handle.net/11693/28635
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      http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/APSEC.2009.39
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