Survey on adverse influencing factors in the way of successful requirement engineering

Abstract

Requirement engineering is the first phase for the development of any software. Software have been discarded due to poor and ambiguous requirements. This study based on the results of surveys conducted to the professionals that have industrial experience in development of software. Numerous investigations carried for the identification of factors cause of poor requirement. These factors have deep effects on productivity and communication among the individuals involved in software development. The qualitative and quantitate research techniques were adopted to carried out this work. This research examined how cultural barrier (e.g., language, attitudes, roles, social organization, and time) affect the communication process in software development projects. The study showed that language and attitudes as dominant factors for communication that impact software productivity. Time, roles, and social organization had less influence. Also various cultures have different attitudes and behaviors, which in turn have distinct impacts on productivity in terms of more rework and delay.