Effects of Using Requirements Catalogs on Effectiveness and Productivity of Requirements Specification in a Software Project Management Course

Autor/inn/en	Fernández-Alemán, José Luis; Carrillo-de-Gea, Juan Manuel; Meca, Joaquín Vidal; Ros, Joaquín Nicolás; Toval, Ambrosio; Idri, Ali
Titel	Effects of Using Requirements Catalogs on Effectiveness and Productivity of Requirements Specification in a Software Project Management Course
Quelle	In: IEEE Transactions on Education, 59 (2016) 2, S.105-118 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Fernández-Alemán, José Luis)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-9359
DOI	10.1109/TE.2015.2454472
Schlagwörter	Productivity; Computer Science Education; Computer Software; Course Descriptions; Foreign Countries; Meta Analysis; Catalogs; Statistical Analysis; Engineering Education; Teaching Methods; Tests; Scores; Intervention; College Students; Morocco; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Produktivität; Computer science lessons; Informatikunterricht; Kursstrukturplan; Ausland; Meta-analysis; Metaanalyse; Catalog; Catalogue; Catalogues; Katalog; Statistische Analyse; Ingenieurausbildung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Examination; Prüfung; Examen; Collegestudent; Marokko; Spanien
Abstract	This paper presents the results of two educational experiments carried out to determine whether the process of specifying requirements (catalog-based reuse as opposed to conventional specification) has an impact on effectiveness and productivity in co-located and distributed software development environments. The participants in the experiments were 76 students enrolled in three courses on project management for software development at the University of Murcia, Spain, and the Mohammed V University of Rabat, Morocco. The results of a fixed effects meta-analysis (Hedges' g) obtained a medium effect (-0.495, p=0.034) for productivity, and a large effect (-1.077, p<0.001) for effectiveness, in favor of using a catalog-based reuse process rather than a conventional specification process. The other co-factor examined, distribution (either global or co-located), had no statistically significant interaction with the process used (catalog-based reuse or conventional specification) for either effectiveness or productivity. Further research is required to study the effectiveness and productivity of the catalog-based requirements engineering learning method so that it can be taught in software engineering courses and applied in real software engineering projects. (As Provided).
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