TY - GEN
T1 - A stakeholder contribution pattern in requirements decision-making
T2 - 24th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops, REW 2016
AU - Chen, Feng
AU - Power, Norah
AU - Collins, J. J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.
PY - 2017/1/12
Y1 - 2017/1/12
N2 - Stakeholders are the primary source of requirements both as a source of information and for making requirements decisions. However, with different stakeholders having various roles and perspectives, with distinct or even conflicting interests, and uneven power in making requirements decisions, the literature shows little empirical evidence of how these differences affect the ways they contribute to the requirements decision-making, namely, what the different stakeholders' contribution patterns are. In this respect, this paper addresses one pattern discovered during a qualitative study, part of a larger study, we conducted in an enterprise development environment. The data was collected from observing requirements workshops, examining requirements related documentations, and also formal meetings and informal conversations with practitioners. Based on this data, we classify stakeholders into: the business-focused stakeholders, the development-side stakeholders, and requirements practitioners. We then present a stakeholders' contribution pattern representing the Who, Why, What, When, and How for different types of stakeholders. This analysis is illustrated with three different typical case stories drawn from the empirical data. Finally, this study provides evidence for the importance of development-side stakeholders along with business-focused stakeholders in requirements decision-making. Thus we encourage shifting the focus to the business-IT partnership when making requirements decisions.
AB - Stakeholders are the primary source of requirements both as a source of information and for making requirements decisions. However, with different stakeholders having various roles and perspectives, with distinct or even conflicting interests, and uneven power in making requirements decisions, the literature shows little empirical evidence of how these differences affect the ways they contribute to the requirements decision-making, namely, what the different stakeholders' contribution patterns are. In this respect, this paper addresses one pattern discovered during a qualitative study, part of a larger study, we conducted in an enterprise development environment. The data was collected from observing requirements workshops, examining requirements related documentations, and also formal meetings and informal conversations with practitioners. Based on this data, we classify stakeholders into: the business-focused stakeholders, the development-side stakeholders, and requirements practitioners. We then present a stakeholders' contribution pattern representing the Who, Why, What, When, and How for different types of stakeholders. This analysis is illustrated with three different typical case stories drawn from the empirical data. Finally, this study provides evidence for the importance of development-side stakeholders along with business-focused stakeholders in requirements decision-making. Thus we encourage shifting the focus to the business-IT partnership when making requirements decisions.
KW - Empirical Study
KW - Requirements Decision-Making
KW - Stakeholder Contribution Pattern
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85013076696&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/REW.2016.34
DO - 10.1109/REW.2016.34
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85013076696
T3 - Proceedings - 2016 IEEE 24th International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops, REW 2016
SP - 289
EP - 295
BT - Proceedings - 2016 IEEE 24th International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops, REW 2016
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 12 September 2016 through 16 September 2016
ER -