Thu 7 Sep 2023 16:15 - 16:45 at f128 - Experimentation & Evaluation Chair(s): Travis Breaux

Non-functional requirements (NFRs) are not easy to elicit and formulate. Technology development and social media platforms made videos one of the primary means to communicate different information. Also, for software products, videos are used to, e.g., validate the idea of products before development–vision videos, to present them–-product videos. Thus, a question arises–can we use videos to communicate NFRs within Requirements Engineering activities? We designed an empirical study to answer the stated question and conducted an early investigation of 5 vision videos. We found that requirements about interoperability, time behavior, and usability were the most frequently mentioned in vision videos. We identified also several methods of expressing NFRs, e.g., by showing end-user reactions, using captions or narrator. Our study is the first attempt to investigate the research question. It follows from it that videos seem to be a useful means to communicate NFRs. We identified several challenges in using this medium and in analyzing videos that allowed us to suggest areas that can be included in the roadmap for further research in this area.

Thu 7 Sep

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15:45 - 17:15
Experimentation & EvaluationResearch Papers / RE@Next! Papers at f128
Chair(s): Travis Breaux Carnegie Mellon University
15:45
30m
Paper
An Experiment on the Effects of using Color to Visualize Requirements Analysis TasksArtifact ReusableArtifact Available
Research Papers
A: Yesugen Baatartogtokh University of Massachusetts Amherst, A: Irene Foster Smith College, A: Alicia M. Grubb Smith College
Pre-print
16:15
30m
Paper
Can Videos be Used to Communicate Non-functional Requirements? An Early Empirical Investigation
RE@Next! Papers
A: Sylwia Kopczyńska Poznan University of Technology, A: Jianwei Shi Leibniz University Hannover
16:45
30m
Paper
A Comparative Evaluation of Requirement Template SystemsArtifact Available
Research Papers
A: Katharina Großer University of Koblenz, A: Marina Rukavitsyna University of Koblenz, A: Jan Jürjens University of Koblenz-Landau
DOI Pre-print File Attached