Configuring crowdsourcing for requirements elicitation

Mahmood Hosseini; Alimohammad Shahri; Keith Phalp; Jacqui Taylor; Raian Ali; Fabiano Dalpiaz

doi:10.1109/RCIS.2015.7128873

Configuring crowdsourcing for requirements elicitation

Mahmood Hosseini, Alimohammad Shahri, Keith Phalp, Jacqui Taylor, Raian Ali, Fabiano Dalpiaz

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Abstract

Crowdsourcing is an emerging paradigm which utilises the power of the crowd in contributing information and solving problems. Crowdsourcing can support requirements elicitation, especially for systems used by a wide range of users and working in a dynamic context where requirements evolve regularly. For such systems, traditional elicitation methods are typically costly and limited in catering for the high diversity, scale and volatility of requirements. In this paper, we advocate the use of crowdsourcing for requirements elicitation and investigate ways to configure crowdsourcing to improve the quality of elicited requirements. To confirm and enhance our argument, we follow an empirical approach starting with two focus groups involving 14 participants, users and developers, followed by an online expert survey involving 34 participants from the Requirements Engineering community. We discuss our findings and present a set of challenges of applying crowdsourcing to aid requirements engineering with a focus on the elicitation stage.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IEEE RCIS 2015 - 9th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, Proceedings
Editors	Colette Rolland, Dimosthenis Anagnostopoulos, Pericles Loucopoulos, Cesar Gonzales-Perez
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	133-138
Number of pages	6
Edition	June
ISBN (Electronic)	9781467366304
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/RCIS.2015.7128873
Publication status	Published - 19 Jun 2015
Externally published	Yes
Event	9th IEEE International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, IEEE RCIS 2015 - Athens, Greece Duration: 13 May 2015 → 15 May 2015

Publication series

Name	Proceedings - International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science
Number	June
Volume	2015-June
ISSN (Print)	2151-1349
ISSN (Electronic)	2151-1357

Conference

Conference	9th IEEE International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, IEEE RCIS 2015
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Athens
Period	13/05/15 → 15/05/15

Keywords

Crowd-based Elicitation
Crowdsourcing
Requirements Elicitation

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Hosseini, M., Shahri, A., Phalp, K., Taylor, J., Ali, R., & Dalpiaz, F. (2015). Configuring crowdsourcing for requirements elicitation. In C. Rolland, D. Anagnostopoulos, P. Loucopoulos, & C. Gonzales-Perez (Eds.), IEEE RCIS 2015 - 9th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, Proceedings (June ed., pp. 133-138). Article 7128873 (Proceedings - International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science; Vol. 2015-June, No. June). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/RCIS.2015.7128873

Hosseini, Mahmood ; Shahri, Alimohammad ; Phalp, Keith et al. / Configuring crowdsourcing for requirements elicitation. IEEE RCIS 2015 - 9th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, Proceedings. editor / Colette Rolland ; Dimosthenis Anagnostopoulos ; Pericles Loucopoulos ; Cesar Gonzales-Perez. June. ed. IEEE Computer Society, 2015. pp. 133-138 (Proceedings - International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science; June).

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Hosseini, M, Shahri, A, Phalp, K, Taylor, J, Ali, R & Dalpiaz, F 2015, Configuring crowdsourcing for requirements elicitation. in C Rolland, D Anagnostopoulos, P Loucopoulos & C Gonzales-Perez (eds), IEEE RCIS 2015 - 9th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, Proceedings. June edn, 7128873, Proceedings - International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, no. June, vol. 2015-June, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 133-138, 9th IEEE International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, IEEE RCIS 2015, Athens, Greece, 13/05/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/RCIS.2015.7128873

Configuring crowdsourcing for requirements elicitation. / Hosseini, Mahmood; Shahri, Alimohammad; Phalp, Keith et al.
IEEE RCIS 2015 - 9th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, Proceedings. ed. / Colette Rolland; Dimosthenis Anagnostopoulos; Pericles Loucopoulos; Cesar Gonzales-Perez. June. ed. IEEE Computer Society, 2015. p. 133-138 7128873 (Proceedings - International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science; Vol. 2015-June, No. June).

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Hosseini M, Shahri A, Phalp K, Taylor J, Ali R, Dalpiaz F. Configuring crowdsourcing for requirements elicitation. In Rolland C, Anagnostopoulos D, Loucopoulos P, Gonzales-Perez C, editors, IEEE RCIS 2015 - 9th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, Proceedings. June ed. IEEE Computer Society. 2015. p. 133-138. 7128873. (Proceedings - International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science; June). doi: 10.1109/RCIS.2015.7128873

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