Alistair Sutcliffe
The Implications of ‘Soft’ Requirements
Sutcliffe, Alistair; Sawyer, Pete; Bencomo, Nelly
Authors
Contributors
Eric Knauss
Editor
Gunter Mussbacher
Editor
Chetan Arora
Editor
Muneera Bano
Editor
Jean-Guy Schneider
Editor
Abstract
A new focus for RE is investigated as ‘soft’ requirements which extends non-functional requirements / soft goals with a collection of people-oriented phenomena: values, motivations, emotions, and other socio-political issues that may influence the requirements specification. The convergence of RE with user experience (HCI) and technology acceptance from the information systems literature is reviewed from a temporal perspective: pre-use, through initial to longer-term use. A taxonomy of soft requirements is proposed that extends non-functional requirements and soft-goal concepts to direct attention towards user characteristics and beliefs that may have implications for functional as well as system support requirements, such as training, help, explanation and trust in software. A timeline model of soft and hard (functional) requirements is presented with a focus on customization, adaptation and other soft requirements to, improve product acceptance and persuade users to take appropriate action. The paper concludes with a research agenda for soft requirements to improve the probability of system acceptance and the effectiveness of applications that aim to influence people’s decisions and behaviour in internet apps and other discretionary-use applications.
Citation
Sutcliffe, A., Sawyer, P., & Bencomo, N. (2022). The Implications of ‘Soft’ Requirements. In E. Knauss, G. Mussbacher, C. Arora, M. Bano, & J. Schneider (Eds.), 2022 IEEE 30th International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE) (178-188). https://doi.org/10.1109/re54965.2022.00022
Presentation Conference Type | Conference Paper (Published) |
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Conference Name | IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE) |
Start Date | Aug 15, 2022 |
End Date | Aug 20, 2022 |
Acceptance Date | May 9, 2022 |
Online Publication Date | Oct 19, 2022 |
Publication Date | 2022-08 |
Deposit Date | May 27, 2022 |
Publicly Available Date | Oct 31, 2023 |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
Pages | 178-188 |
Series ISSN | 1090-705X,2332-6441 |
Book Title | 2022 IEEE 30th International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE) |
ISBN | 9781665470018 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1109/re54965.2022.00022 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1136215 |
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