Robert Niemiec

Requirements Engineering (RE) is a critical activity for every software project. Requirements serve as a discussion platform between stakeholders to achieve a shared vision of the product-to-be.

The various artifacts used to present and document requirements are often dispersed between different platforms, tools and other mediums (e.g. e-mails, sticky notes). This makes consistent documentation and traceability potentially cumbersome.

The goal of this thesis is to explore the different requirements artifacts used in industry settings, and developing a platform for managing project requirements, all integrated within an Integrated Development Environment (IDE).

First, I analyzed a selection of RE-related publications for mentioned requirements artifacts, and classified them along a number of dimensions, in order to identify any findings to motivate the integration of requirements into IDEs.

Second, a platform for storing, manipulating and analyzing requirements will be created in the Pharo environment. I speculate that having one platform to store requirements, more closely to the developer environment, will contribute to more consistent requirement management, as well as easier RE for geographically distributed teams.

Contact: robert.niemiec@students.unibe.ch

Repository: https://github.com/rniem379349/SCG_EpicGit