An Investigation of the Impact of Requirements Engineering Skills on Project Success

<p>A survey of project managers and requirements engineers was conducted to determine what skills, qualifications, and experiences were associated with project success. Survey results indicated that projects using Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions, use cases, and prototypes to engineer requirements were most successful. Other indicators of project success, according to participants, included an adequate allotment of time for requirements engineering&#8212;at least 15% of a project's time&#8212;and the use of project managers and requirements engineers with professional work experience. In particular, data indicated that Project Managers with at least five years of experience in Information Technology resulted in more successful projects.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

MS (Master of Science)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis - unrestricted

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Computer and Information Science

Year dc:date.issued

2013

Author dc:creator

• Atkins, Cynthia

• Skills
• Qualifications
• Education
• Computer Science
• Requriements Engineering
• Requirement
• Information Technology
• Project Management
• Project
• Experience
• Engineering
• Operational Research
• Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright by the authors.

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1515

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dc.etsu.edu:etd-2708