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In market-driven software evolution, the objective of a requirements engineering process include the envisioning and fostering of new requirements on existing packaged software products in a way that ensures competitiveness in the marketplace. This paper describes an industrial, market-driven requirements engineering process which incorporates continuous requirements elicitation and prioritisation together with expert cost estimation as a basis for release planning. The company has gained a measurable improvement in delivery precision and product quality of their packaged software. The described process will act as a baseline against which promising new techniques can be evaluated in the continuation of the improvement programme.
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Regnell, B., Beremark, P. & Eklundh, O. A market-driven requirements engineering process: Results from an industrial process improvement programme. Requirements Eng 3, 121–129 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02919972
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