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Market-driven software development has been the dominant context in Very Large-Scale Requirements Engineering (VLSRE) research. This case reveals screening as a VLSRE practice in the development context which has characteristics both of market- and customer-driven software development. Requirements are received as a continuous high rate flow. The exploratory industrial case study was conducted to clarify a current practice to manage the inflow of requirements. As a result, a description of the requirement screening process (RS) is provided and practical management challenges related to the process are analysed. This case study provides insight into the requirement screening practice beyond the market-driven software development domain and thus extends the current VLSRE literature.
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Aaramaa, S., Kinnunen, T., Lehto, J., Taušan, N. (2013). Managing Constant Flow of Requirements: Screening Challenges in Very Large-Scale Requirements Engineering. In: Heidrich, J., Oivo, M., Jedlitschka, A., Baldassarre, M.T. (eds) Product-Focused Software Process Improvement. PROFES 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7983. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39259-7_12
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