Requirements Engineering

[Book] Basiswissen Usability und User Experience (2023), Thomas Geis, Guido Tesch.

[Article] On the requirements engineer role (2021), Xavier Franch, Cristina Palomares, Tony Gorschek, in Communications of the ACM, Vol. 64, No. 8, June 2021.

Even though requirements engineering (RE) is a critical area in software development projects – countless studies of unsuccessful development projects report that lack in RE is often a core-contributing failure factore – there is not a vision shared in industry about its responsibilities and in fact, its existence as a separate role is not always clear. This study show how the role of requirements engineer remains elusive: every company may understand it and implement it in a different way often dependent on context.

[Book] Basiswissen Requirements Engineering: Aus- und Weiterbildung nach IREB-Standard zum Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering Foundation Level (2021), Klaus Pohl, Chris Rupp.

[Web] Who works in RE and what competences do they need, particularly soft skills? (2020), Andrea Herrmann et al, in IREB Requirements Engineering Magazine.

[Book] IREB Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering: RE@Agile Primer (Lehrplan und Studienleitfaden, 2020), Lars Baumann, Peter Hruschka, Kim Lauenroth, Markus Meuten, Sacha Reis, Gareth Rogers, Francois Salazar, Thorsten Weyer.

[Book] Handbuch Advanced Level Elicitation nach dem IREB-Standard (2019), Dominik Häusser, Kim Lauenroth, Hans van Loenhoud, Anja Schwarz, Patrick Steiger.

[Book] Handbuch Requirements Management nach IREB Standard (2019), Stan Bühne, Andrea Herrmann.

[Web] Learning from history: The case of Software Requirements Engineering (2019), Rana Siadati et al, in IREB Requirements Engineering Magazine.

[Book] Business Analysis Agility: Solve the Real Problem, Deliver Real Value (2018), James Robertson, Suzanne Robertson.

[Book] Collaborative UX Design: Lean UX und Design Thinking (2018), Toni Steimle, Dieter Wallach.

[Web] Discover Quality Requirements with the Mini-QAW (2018), Thijmen de Gooijer et al, in IREB Requirements Engineering Magazine.

[Book] Handbuch der Anforderungsmodellierung nach IREB Standard (2016), Thorsten Cziharz, Peter Hruschka, Stefan Queins, Thorsten Weyer.

[Web] Key User – die wichtigsten Botschafter für Ihr IT-Projekt (2016), Elisabeth Wagner, im projektmagazin.

[Book] User Story Mapping: Discover the Whole Story, Build the Right Product (2014), Jeff Patton. See also one of the author's presentation vidoes, e.g. YOW! 2014 Jeff Patton - User Story Mapping: Discover The Whole Story.

[Book] About Face: The Essentials of Interaction Design (2014, 4th edition), Alan Cooper, Robert Reimann, David Cronin, Christopher Noessel.

[Book] Software Requirements, 3rd Edition (2013), Karl Wiegers, Joy Beatty. The book's templates are available for download: Software Requirements Templates.

[Book] Mastering the Requirements Process: Getting Requirements Right, 3rd Edition (2012), Suzanne Robertson, James Robertson. The book's templates can be purchased: Volere Templates.

[Web] Naming the Pain in Requirements Engineering (NaPiRE) (since 2012), D. Mendez, S. Wagner, M. Kalinowski, M. Felderer et al.

[Book] Checklist Manifesto (2011), Atul Gawande. See also the TED Talk "How do we heal medicine?".

[Book] Agile Software Requirements: Lean Requirements Practices for Teams, Programs, and the Enterprise (2010), Dean Leffingwell.

[Book] Exploring Requirements: Quality Before Design (1989), Donald C. Gause, Gerald M. Weinberg.