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Requirements Engineering 2021
Mon 20 - Fri 24 September 2021
Thu 23 Sep 2021 10:00 - 10:30 at Basilica - Requirements Communication Chair(s): Alessio Ferrari

Journal of Systems and Software 2020

Establishing a shared software project vision is a key challenge in Requirements Engineering (RE). Several approaches use videos to represent visions. However, these approaches omit how to produce a good video. This missing guidance is one crucial reason why videos are not established in RE. We propose a quality model for videos representing a vision, so-called vision videos. Based on two literature reviews, we elaborate ten quality characteristics of videos and five quality characteristics of visions which together form a quality model for vision videos that includes all 15 quality characteristics. We provide two representations of the quality model: (a) a hierarchical decomposition of vision video quality into the quality characteristics and (b) a mapping of these characteristics to the video production and use process. While the hierarchical decomposition supports the evaluation of vision videos, the mapping provides guidance for video production. In an evaluation with 139 students, we investigated whether the 15 characteristics are related to the overall quality of vision videos perceived by the subjects from a developer’s the point of view. Six characteristics (video length, focus, prior knowledge, clarity, pleasure, and stability) correlated significantly with the likelihood that the subjects perceived a vision video as good. These relationships substantiate a fundamental relevance of the proposed quality model. Therefore, we conclude that the quality model is a sound basis for future refinements and extensions.

Thu 23 Sep

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09:30 - 10:30
Requirements CommunicationResearch Papers / Journal-First at Basilica
Chair(s): Alessio Ferrari CNR-ISTI

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30m
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From Screenplays to Podcasts – New Perspectives on Improving Requirements Communication in Interdisciplinary TeamsResearch Paper
Research Papers
Anne Hess Fraunhofer IESE, Jill Tamanini Fraunhofer IESE, Sven Storck Fraunhofer IESE
10:00
30m
Talk
Representing Software Project Vision by Means of Video: A Quality Model for Vision VideosJ1
Journal-First
Oliver Karras TIB - Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology, Kurt Schneider Leibniz Universität Hannover, Software Engineering Group, Samuel Fricker FHNW & BTH
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