Naming the Pain in Requirements Engineering: Comparing Practices in Brazil and Germany

TL;DR

This paper compares requirements engineering practices in Brazil and Germany, highlighting that human interaction is essential for eliciting high-quality requirements across different contexts.

Contribution

It provides an empirical comparison of RE problems in Brazil and Germany, emphasizing the universal importance of human interaction in requirements elicitation.

Findings

Human interaction is crucial for high-quality requirements in both countries.

RE problems are similar across Brazil and Germany regardless of project specifics.

The study offers insights into common challenges faced in requirements engineering.

Abstract

As part of the Naming the Pain in Requirements Engineering (NaPiRE) initiative, researchers compared problems that companies in Brazil and Germany encountered during requirements engineering (RE). The key takeaway was that in RE, human interaction is necessary for eliciting and specifying high-quality requirements, regardless of country, project type, or company size.