Application of the RREDD Model for Reverse Engineering of Dynamic Domain Requirements: Lessons Learned

• Nilseu Perside Ortiz Padilha Junior PUCRS
• Jorge Luis Nicolas Audy PUCRS

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbqs.2010.15435

Abstract

This paper presents the lessons learned from the RREDD model for Requirements Reverse Engineering in software evolution in Dynamic Domains. The process was assessed in a case study ran in a large Brazilian company. The model aims to restore requirements documentation from legacy systems in organizational environments with high degree of change in order to make viable Requirements Management activities. Its employment achieved success in requirements restoration of a legacy system critic for the organization.

Keywords: RREDD model, Reverse engineering, Requirements

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