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The Engagement between Knowledge Transfer and Requirements Engineering
The Engagement between Knowledge Transfer and Requirements Engineering

Author(s): Jari Lehto, Harri Haapasalo, Anyanitha Distanont, Mirja Vaananen
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Mednarodna fakulteta za družbene in poslovne študije
Keywords: knowledge; knowledge transfer; requirements engineering; challenges

Summary/Abstract: Developing requirements in the early phase of product development is a process that poses considerable challenges. The most significant challenge is how to effectively transfer knowledge-related requirements. This paper highlights the challenges related to knowledge transfer practices, while developing requirements through a review of literature and an analysis of high-tech company interviews. The most significant challenges and their effects on practices are also discussed. We found that the roots of any difficulty in requirements transfer were embedded in the failure to transfer knowledge-related requirements and facilitate communication between stakeholders. This difficulty affects stakeholders’ common understanding. Therefore, interpretations of the requirements vary and do not match the stakeholders’ intentions. Lastly, the final requirements and specifications sent are unclear and ambiguous so the requirements need to be changed and modified.

  • Issue Year: 1/2012
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 131-156
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: English