Incomplete software requirements and assumptions made by software engineers
Author
Albayrak, Özlem
Kurtoǧlu, Hülya
Biçakçi, M.
Date
2009Source Title
2009 16th Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference
Print ISSN
1530-1362
Publisher
IEEE
Pages
333 - 339
Language
English
Type
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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
AssumptionIncomplete software requirements
Empirical studies
Pseudo codes
Software engineers
Software requirements
Source codes
Computer software
Engineers
Professional aspects
Requirements engineering
Software design
Permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/11693/28635Published Version (Please cite this version)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/APSEC.2009.39Collections
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