Requirements Engineering in the Year 2001: On (Virtually) Managing a Changing Reality

Trends in society and technology force requirements engineering (RE) to expand its role from a one-shot activity in the development process to a virtual image that accompanies the changing reality of a system. A maturing software market will require a better understanding of the differentiation in market segments also for RE, and standardization of methodologies within these segments. On the research side, this will require a coherent perspective of hitherto parallel research directions towards a comprehensive understanding of requirements processes, as well as the optimal exploitation of new technologies that support the main role of requirements engineering: mutual learning of all stakeholders concerned.

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