Systematic Approach Based on Best Practices to Develop Requirements Engineering (RE) Guideline in an Organization

Best practices in developing Requirements Engineering are not new. They are easily comprehended by experts familiar to Requirements Engineering. However, for IT Personnel that are new to this field, understanding the process may pose major challenges. Thus, a Requirements Engineering Best Practices Work Flow was developed as a tool to assist in the development of Requirements Engineering. The work flow consists of four phases: Exploratory, Development, Measurement and Experts panel review. Hopefully, this Requirements Engineering Best Practices Work Flow will be a practical and helpful tool to any IT Personnel in developing Requirements Engineering in the organization.

I. Introduction

This paper is an extension of our PhD research which was aimed to develop a standard Requirements Engineering Best Practices Guideline (REBsPG). It is to assist software developers in ensuring that the systems requirements specification to be proposed is acceptable to standard software development practices. This guideline is also aligned to the Malaysian Public Sector ICT Vision [1]. REBsPG will help the personnel in enhancing their RE practices during requirements' gathering. The aim of this paper is to guide IT Personnel develop their organization's Requirement Engineering using this Requirement Engineering Best Practices Work Flow (REBsPWF).