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AI Assistants in Requirements Engineering | Part 2

Welcome to the second part of our exploration of AI assistants in Requirements Engineering. In Part 1, we discussed the art of effective prompting, introduced […]

AI Assistants in Requirements Engineering | Part 1

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is playing an increasingly critical role in various industries, and Requirements Engineering (RE) is no exception. Large Language […]

Conversation with an Artificial Intelligence

This last decade has seen several breakthroughs in Artificial Intelligence (AI), in particular machine learning, with groundbreaking applications in all […]

A General Systems Thinking Perspective on the CPRE

Adding the concept of observer to the definition of the system in the CPRE can extend, simplify and justify the discussions about points of view, shared […]

Requirements Engineering in Job Offers

How is Requirements Engineering (RE) perceived and staffed in practice? What is the job title of the position doing RE? What tasks does this position include? […]

Interview with John Mylopoulos

Preface of the Editor in Chief Perhaps it is like carrying coals to Newcastle when we briefly introduce John Mylopoulos in this preface to the following […]

What is the Relevance of Requirements Engineering Research to Practitioners?

Introduction Requirements Engineering (RE) has been the subject of promising research for the last four decades, supported by a strong and vibrant research […]

Learning from history: The case of Software Requirements Engineering

This article describes initial conclusions of our research into how and why the requirements engineer’s role has changed over the years, with the longer-term […]

Data Science – the expanding frontier for Business Analysts

Prelude As Business Analysts our profession is constantly evolving over time. As our roles mature, our experience, expertise, and skills gradually move us from […]

When the rubber hits the road

Introduction There are a number of quality criteria for requirements. IREB Syllabus [1] groups them into three aspects: content, documentation and agreement. […]

Challenges in the elicitation and determination of precise requirements from animal stakeholders

Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen. Orhan Pamuk

On the Right Track

For quite some time, IREB has promoted a partner program for companies worldwide who value sound requirements engineering and align the qualifications of their […]

The goal is to solve the problem

A requirement is "a condition or capability needed by a user to solve a problem or to achieve an objective" (AKA a goal), see the CPRE Glossary [Glinz 2014]. […]

Sharing My Doubts on the Focus of Requirements

In my last commentary I promised to provide a justification for why I restricted my consideration of requirements to the desired system/product, and neglected […]

Sharing My Doubts on Goals and Requirements

A popular discussion in requirements engineering courses is about the difference between goals and requirements. One view is that goals are requirements on the […]

Sharing My Doubts on Shall / Should / Will etc.

I doubt whether it is always useful to include the priority in the wording of a requirement. A requirement expresses a need that a future system is supposed to […]

Sharing My Doubts on Acceptance Criteria

I doubt whether I understand what “acceptance criteria” are. I have no doubts how I interpret the term. In my interpretation, they have nearly nothing to do […]