The Australasian Journal of Information Systems
Theme: Requirements Engineering
Introduction
A crucial first step in software development is the generation of a description of the artefacts thatwe seek to build. Among other things, this description must include the requirements that thesystem must satisfy. It is widely recognised now that these descriptions might be the criticaldeterminants of software quality, given empirical studies showing that errors in generating thesedescriptions are the most numerous in the software life-cycle and the most expensive and time-consuming to correct. The field of requirements engineering considers the problem ofengineering such descriptions. Requirements engineering is a relatively mature field of inquiry,but the growing complexity of present-day systems (and their organisational contexts), hasfocused considerable attention on the area, both in academia and in industry. This special issue isa carefully compiled collection of state-of-the-art papers that seeks to provide readers with abroad perspective on new and interesting developments in the area.Editorial
Research Articles
Preliminary Insights into the Implementation of Standardised IT in Franchise Systems
Angele Cavaye, Colin McCosker, and Chad Perry
Refinement of Research Surveying in Software Methodologies by Analogy: finding your patch
Eugene Doroshenko and Felicity Lear
Applying Quality Costs in a Software Development Environment
I. P. Hollingsworth, W. Keogh, and M. H. Atkins
Object Oriented Analysis: a voyage of discovery
Elizabeth Kemp
The Origin of the Year 2000 Date Problem: an alternative hypothesis
Richard Kingsford and Leone Dunn
Database Issues in Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining
Chris Rainsford and John Roddick Roddick
Research on Requirements Engineering
Realising Requirements in Product - Line Development Using O-O Frameworks (Invited Position Paper)
Garry Froehlich, James Hoover, and Paul Sorenson
A Hybrid Parallel Execution Model for Logic Based Requirement Specifications (Invited Paper)
Jeffrey J. P. Tsai and Bing Li
An Integrated, Probabilistic Framework for Requirement Change Impact Analysis
Simon Lock and Gerald Kotonya
Addressing Organisational Issues in Requirements Engineering Practice: lessons from action cases
Jim Hughes and Trevor Wood-Harper
Requirements Evolution and Reuse Using the Systems Engineering Process Activities (SEPA)
K. Suzanne Barber and Thomas J. Graser
Using Abduction to Evolve Inconsistent Requirements Specification
Bashar Nuseibeh and Alessandra Russo
Automating Requirements Refinement with Cross-Domain Requirements Classification
Jacob Cybulski and Karl Reed