Deriving and Validating Requirements Engineering Principles for Large-Scale Agile Development: An Industrial Longitudinal Study
Hina Saeeda, Mijin Kim, Eric Knauss, Jesper Thyssen, Jesper {\O}rting, Jesper Lysemose Korsgaard, Niels J{\o}rgen Str{\o}m

TL;DR
This five-year longitudinal study derived and validated requirements engineering principles tailored for large-scale agile development, demonstrating their practical benefits and transferability across multiple multinational organizations.
Contribution
The paper presents a set of empirically derived RE principles specifically designed for large-scale agile systems, validated through extensive industry collaboration and expert evaluation.
Findings
Six key RE principles identified and validated.
Practical benefits demonstrated in a major industrial case.
Transferable principles applicable across multinational organizations.
Abstract
In large scale agile systems development, the lack of a unified requirements engineering (RE) process is a major challenge, exacerbated by the absence of high level guiding principles for effective requirements management. To address this challenge, we conducted a five year longitudinal case study with Grundfos AB, in collaboration with the Software Centre in Sweden. RE principles were first derived through qualitative data collection spanning more than 25 sprints, approximately 320 weekly synchronisation meetings, and seven cross-company, company-specific workshops between 2019 and 2024. These activities engaged practitioners from diverse roles, representing several hundred developers across domains. In late 2024, five in depth focus groups with senior leaders at Grundfos provided retrospective validation of the principles and assessed their strategic impact. We aim to (1) empirically…
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Taxonomy
TopicsSoftware Engineering Techniques and Practices · Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies · Persona Design and Applications
