User experience assessment of tools that support requirements engineering in the context of Micro and Small Enterprises

• Adailton F. Araújo UFG
• Juliano L. Oliveira UFG
• Bruno N. Machado UFG
• Almir F. Silva Decisão Sistemas
• Jailton A. Louzada Decisão Sistemas
• Paulo M.S. Rodrigues Decisão Sistemas

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbqs.2017.15104

Abstract

Research in Software Requirements Engineering (SRE) have developed solutions to various problems of the area. However, such solutions are focused to the environments of large organizations. This paper answers the following research question: The existing tools to support the SRE are appropriate to the context of MSEs producing software? To answer this question was made an selection and empirical assessment of tools for SRE, based on characteristics presented by the ISO 24766 standard. The results showed that the evaluated tools are inappropriate for the needs of MSEs. The obtained findings confirm and extend similar results from the literature and point to the need to evolve the ERS tools to contemplate the idiosyncrasies of MSEs.

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