Requirements in a Changing World

CONTRIBUTIONS - Papers

Submissions on all aspects of requirements engineering are invited. Contributions with direct relevance to the conference theme are especially welcome. We will encourage interaction between practitioners with a commitment to step back and reflect on their knowledge and members of the research community who have a commitment to the practical evaluation of their ideas.

All submissions will be subject to critical review and will be expected to advance scholarship in the area of RE in one of several ways. Below are the categories of submission and their evaluation criteria.

Discovery and invention: A new language, method or automated way of working that supports the RE process. Contributions should be novel. They need not be empirically validated, but should include a serious discussion of their relevance and practicality.

Integration and analysis: An integration, review or analysis of previously known ideas that presents them in a fresh light. The ideas that are integrated do not have to be novel, but the integration must be insightful and useful to those already familiar with them.

Application and evaluation: One or more cases of a new or previously described technique being used in practice. Qualitative and metrics-based evaluations are equally welcome, but in all cases there should be serious reflection that goes beyond the case or cases at hand. Contributions should be sound and potentially useful to practitioners. Scholarship of education and learning: Descriptions of courses in requirements engineering or the treatment of RE in other courses together with rationale and evaluation. Contributions may deal with higher education or professional courses. There should be a discussion of the implications to the future of the profession.