Overview

The questionnaire was structured in two parts:

1. Collaboration and global software development (GSD) in RE tools;
2. General capabilities in RE tools.

The questionnaire included questions extracted from a new international framework for the evaluation of the requirements engineering tool capabilities, the ISO/IEC TR 24766:2009.

There were 23 questions in the first part and 27 questions in the second part of the survey.

The tools' vendors answered the questionnaire and then a triangulation technique was applied in order to validate the data.

Results

Tools information.

Survey data.

Authors

Juan Manuel Carrillo de Gea is a research assistant at Software Engineering Research Group, Faculty of Computer Science, University of Murcia, Spain.

Joaquín Nicolás Ros is an associate professor at Software Engineering Research Group, Faculty of Computer Science, University of Murcia, Spain. Personal website.

José Luis Fernández Alemán is an associate professor at Software Engineering Research Group, Faculty of Computer Science, University of Murcia, Spain.

Ambrosio Toval Álvarez is a full professor at Software Engineering Research Group, Faculty of Computer Science, University of Murcia, Spain. Personal website.

Christof Ebert is managing director at Vector Consulting Services. He is a senior member of the IEEE and the editor of Software Technology of IEEE Software. Personal website.

Aurora Vizcaíno is an associate professor at Alarcos Research Group, Escuela Superior de Informática, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. Personal website.

Publications

Published articles are shown below.

1. Juan M. Carrillo de Gea, Joaquín Nicolás, José L. Fernández Alemán, Ambrosio Toval, Christof Ebert, Aurora Vizcaíno, "Requirements Engineering Tools", IEEE Software, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 86-91, July/Aug. 2011, doi:10.1109/MS.2011.81 (link)
2. Juan M. Carrillo de Gea, Joaquín Nicolás, José L. Fernández Alemán, Ambrosio Toval, Christof Ebert, Aurora Vizcaíno, "Requirements Engineering Tools: Capabilities, Survey and Assessment", Information and Software Technology, vol. 54, no. 10, pp. 1142-1157, Oct. 2012, doi:10.1016/j.infsof.2012.04.005 (link)
3. Juan M. Carrillo de Gea, Joaquín Nicolás, José L. Fernández Alemán, Ambrosio Toval, Christof Ebert, Aurora Vizcaíno, " Commonalities and Differences between Requirements Engineering Tools: A Quantitative Approach", Computer Science and Information Systems, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 257-288, Jan. 2015, doi:10.2298/CSIS131201001C (link)

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