Systematic reviews in requirements engineering: A tertiary study

Bano, M; Zowghi, D; Ikram, N

Systematic reviews in requirements engineering: A tertiary study

Bano, M

Zowghi, D

Ikram, N

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Citation:: 2014 IEEE 4th International Workshop on Empirical Requirements Engineering, EmpiRE 2014 - Proceedings, 2014, pp. 9 - 16
Issue Date:: 2014-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Bano, M https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1447-9521	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Zowghi, D https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6051-0155	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ikram, N	en_US
dc.date.issued	2014-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	2014 IEEE 4th International Workshop on Empirical Requirements Engineering, EmpiRE 2014 - Proceedings, 2014, pp. 9 - 16	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9781479963379	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/32299
dc.description.abstract	© 2014 IEEE. There has been an increasing interest in conducting Systematic Literature Reviews (SLR) among Requirements Engineering (RE) researchers in recent years. However, so far there have been no tertiary studies conducted to provide a comprehensive overview of these published SLR in RE. In this paper we present a tertiary study of SLR that focus solely on RE related topics by following the guidelines of Evidence Based Software Engineering. We have conducted both automated search of major online sources and manual search of the RE and SLR related conferences and journals. Our tertiary study has identified 53 distinct systematic reviews published from 2006 to 2014 and reported in 64 publications. We have assessed the resulting SLR for their quality, and coverage of specific RE related topics thus identifying some gaps. We have observed that the quality of SLR in RE has been decreasing over the recent years. There is a strong need to replicate some of these SLR to increase the reliability of their results for future RE research.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	2014 IEEE 4th International Workshop on Empirical Requirements Engineering, EmpiRE 2014 - Proceedings	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1109/EmpiRE.2014.6890110	en_US
dc.title	Systematic reviews in requirements engineering: A tertiary study	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.for	0803 Computer Software	en_US
dc.location.activity	Karlskrona, Sweden
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)/Graduate Research School
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/FASS Faculty Administration
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - HCTD - Human Centred Technology Design
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - STEM Education Futures
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US

Abstract:

© 2014 IEEE. There has been an increasing interest in conducting Systematic Literature Reviews (SLR) among Requirements Engineering (RE) researchers in recent years. However, so far there have been no tertiary studies conducted to provide a comprehensive overview of these published SLR in RE. In this paper we present a tertiary study of SLR that focus solely on RE related topics by following the guidelines of Evidence Based Software Engineering. We have conducted both automated search of major online sources and manual search of the RE and SLR related conferences and journals. Our tertiary study has identified 53 distinct systematic reviews published from 2006 to 2014 and reported in 64 publications. We have assessed the resulting SLR for their quality, and coverage of specific RE related topics thus identifying some gaps. We have observed that the quality of SLR in RE has been decreasing over the recent years. There is a strong need to replicate some of these SLR to increase the reliability of their results for future RE research.

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