Requirements for Organizational Resilience: Engineering Developer Happiness

TL;DR

This paper explores how requirements engineering can enhance developer well-being, resilience, and thriving, proposing a new perspective on fostering a positive work environment through technical practices.

Contribution

It introduces the concept of integrating well-being and resilience considerations into requirements engineering, highlighting a novel area for future research.

Findings

Identifies a gap in research on requirements and developer happiness

Suggests requirements engineering can influence well-being and resilience

Calls for future studies on this interdisciplinary topic

Abstract

Can the right requirements boost developer satisfaction and happiness? We believe they can. In keeping with this issue's theme, "Well-Being for Resilience: Developers Thrive," we discuss the connection between the three keywords, well-being, resilience, and thriving. How could requirements engineering foster these qualities? While there hasn't been much research on this topic, we see opportunities for future work. Let's initiate the discussion!