Teaching Requirements Elicitation within the Context of Global Software Development

Abstract

The typical problems of the requirements elicitation stage increase when stakeholders are working on a Global software Development project. In order to fulfil the challenge of successfully carrying out the requirements elicitation process in a GSD environment, requirements specialists need suitable preparation. An improvement in this preparation necessitates an update of the contents, techniques and tools used in the teaching of the requirements elicitation process. In this paper we discuss these issues, show a list of knowledge and skills which are desirable for requirements elicitation engineers in GSD (obtained from a review of literature), and we also propose a simulator environment with which to develop certain skills that are appropriate for students and engineers in GSD requirements elicitation.