Conference Program
The program for Refsq 2016 is as follows. Please note that the program may be subject to change.
Monday, 14th March -- Tuesday, 15th March -- Wednesday, 16th March -- Thursday, 17th March
Please note that as a part of the Research Methodology track there will be an on-line experiment, which is run throughout the entire conference. Please check it out and participate!
Buildings and Rooms
The location of the two buildings in which the conference is held is marked with the red markers on the conference map.
Monday: All rooms marked with Jxxx (Monday only) are in Building Jupiter.
Tuesday - Thursday: The remaining days, the entire conference is located in Lindholmen Science Park (floor plan).
| Monday 9.00 – 17.30 Workshops and Doctoral Symposium | ||||
| 09.00 – 10.30 | WS: RET (Room J219) | WS: CRE (Room J243) | Doctoral Symposium (Room J520) | |
| Welcome! Who's who Keynote: Tests as requirements - Why we don't do requirements at Axis Baldvin Gislason Bern, Axis Communications AB, Sweden Overview of RET14, RET15, RET16 - Future industry needs Panel with industry representatives and Chairs | Towards Continuous Information Security Audit Dmitrijs Kozlovs, Kristine Cjaputa and Marite Kirikova Requirements Quality in the Incremental Design Processes: Problems and Perspectives Claude Reyterou Towards Automated Requirements Checking throughout Development ?Processes of Interactive Systems Thiago Silva and Marco Winckler | On whose shoulders we stand: theory building versus theory testing in requirements engineering research Sjaak Brinkkemper, Utrecht University, The Netherlands (Slides) Requirements Engineering for Pervasive Healthcare Monitoring System Juliana Kamaroddin | ||
| 10.30 – 11.00 | Coffee Break (Room J520) | |||
| 11.00 – 12.30 | WS: RET (Room J219) | WS: CRE (Room J243) | Doctoral Symposium (Room J520) | |
| Testing Quality Requirements of a System-of-Systems in the Public Sector - Challenges and Potential Remedies Jacob Larsson, Markus Borg and Thomas Olsson Evaluating and Improving Software Quality Using Text Analysis Techniques - A Mapping Study Faiz Shah and Dietmar Pfahl Specification of Non-Functional Requirements: A Hybrid Approach Unnati Shah, Sankita Patel and Devesh Jinwala Panel | A Model for Structuring and Reusing Security Requirements Sources and Security Requirements Holger Fischer, Mirko Rose and Enes Yigitbas Continuous Requirements Engineering and Human-Centered Agile Software Development Peter Forbrig Applying Layering Concept to the Software Requirements Analysis and Architectural Design Yunarso Anang and Yoshimichi Watanabe Requirements Inheritance in Continuous Requirements Engineering Anita Finke | Supporting Natural Language Queries across the Requirements Engineering Process Sugandha Lohar Engineering Quality Requirements in Large Scale Distributed Agile Environment Wasim Hussein Ahmad Alsaqaf An Investigation into Business Requirements Evolution in Service-Based Enterprise Systems Mohd Syafiq Zolkeply | ||
| 12.30 – 14.00 | Lunch (Restaurant) | |||
| 14.00 – 15.30 | WS: RESACS (Room J218) | WS: RET (Room J219) | WS: CRE (Room J243) | Doctoral Symposium (Room J520) |
| Welcome by the Organizers Evaluating Approaches for Self-Adaptive Systems F. Kneer, E. Kamsties Self-Disclosure in Social Media: Challenges & Opportunities for Self-Adaptive Systems Nicolas E. Diaz Ferrerya, Johanna Schäwel | Improving Project Coordination through Data Mining and Proximity Tracking Elizabeth Bjarnason and Håkan Jonsson Bridging the Gap between Natural Language Requirements and Formal Specifications Martin Böschen, Ralf Bogusch, Anabel Fraga and Christian Rudat Workshop closing | Continuous Requirements Engineering in FREEDOM Framework: A Position Paper Marite Kirikova Integrated Framework for Software Requirement Analysis Andre Rusli and Osamu Shigo Discussion | Tool Support for Traceability-Adaptation Marcus Seiler Improving Software Traceability in the Development of Automotive Embedded Systems Salome Maro Quality Improvements for Trace Links between Source Code and Requirements Paul Hübner | |
| 15.30 – 16.00 | Coffee Break (Room J520) | |||
| 16.00 – 17.30 | WS: RESACS (Room J218) | WS: CRE (Room J243) | Doctoral Symposium (Room J520) | |
| Model-Based Prototype Development to Support Early Validation of Cyber-Physical System Specifications Jennifer Brings, Philip Bohn, Torsten Bandyszak, Felix Foecker, Marian Daun RESACS 2016 World Café Talk with Academics and Professionals about Past Achievements, Current State, and Future Directions in the area of Self-Adaptive Systems and Cyber Physical Systems | World Café - Together with RESACS Workshop | Requirements Engineering in Open Innovation Johan Linåker How to Finish that Damn PhD Dan Berry, University of Waterloo, Canada | ||
| Tuesday 8.30 – 17.30 Scientific Track / Poster Session | ||
| 08.30 – 09.00 | Conference Opening (Room Pascal) | |
| 09.00 – 10.00 | Keynote | |
| Fixed Price without Fixed Specifications (Slides) | ||
| Magne Jørgensen, Simula, Norway Session Chair: Maya Daneva | ||
| 10.00 – 10.30 | Coffee Break (Foyer) Posters: Managing Requirements Interdependencies in Agile Software Development: A Preliminary Result Indira Nurdiani Reviewing Inconsistent Behavioral Properties Jennifer Brings and Marian Daun Experimentation with Self-configuring Systems Erik Kamsties and Fabian Kneer Tool Demos: AQUSA: The Automatic Quality User Story Artisan for Agile Software Development Garm Lucassen, Fabiano Dalpiaz, Jan Martijn Van Der Werf and Sjaak Brinkkemper QoE Probe: A Requirement-Monitoring tool Farnaz Fotrousi and Samuel Fricker | |
| 10.30 – 12.30 | Research Session 1: Decision Making and Gamification (Room Pascal) Session Chair: Jennifer Horkoff | |
| Risk-Aware Multi-Stakeholder Next Release Planning using Multi-Objective Optimization Antonio Pitangueira, Paolo Tonella, Angelo Susi, Rita Maciel, and Marcio Barros Discussant: Fabiano Dalpiaz | ||
| Goal-based Decision Making - Using Goal-oriented Problem Structuring and Evaluation Visualization for Multi Criteria Decision Analysis Qin Ma and Sybren De Kinderen Discussant: Antonio Pitangueira | ||
| Gamified Requirements Engineering: Model and Experimentation Philipp Lombriser, Fabiano Dalpiaz, Garm Lucassen, and Sjaak Brinkkemper Discussant: Qin Ma | ||
| 12.30 – 14.00 | Lunch (Candela Foyer) | |
| 14.00 – 15.30 | Research Session 2a: Open Source in RE (Room Pascal) Session Chair: Eric Knauss | Research Session 2b: Natural Language (Room Kelvin) Session Chair: Kurt Schneider |
| Do Information Retrieval Algorithms for Automated Traceability Perform Effectively on Issue Tracking System Data? Thorsten Merten, Daniel Krämer, Bastian Mager, Paul Schell, Simone Bürsner and Barbara Paech Discussant: Johan Linåker | Evaluating the Interpretation of Natural Language Trace Queries Sugandha Lohar, Jane Cleland-Huang and Alexander Rasin Discussant: Ralf Laue | |
| How Firms Adapt and Interact in Open Source Ecosystems: Analyzing Stakeholder Influence and Collaboration Patterns Johan Linåker, Patrick Rempel, Björn Regnell, and Patrick Mäder Discussant: Thorsten Merten | Indicators for Open Issues in Business Process Models Ralf Laue, Wilhelm Koop and Volker Gruhn Discussant: Sugandha Lohar | |
| 15.30 – 16.00 | Coffee Break (Foyer) | |
| 16.00 – 17.15 | Research Session 3a: Compliance in RE (Room Pascal) Session Chair: Kim Lauenroth | Research Session 3b: RE in the Automotive Domain (Room Kelvin) Session Chair: Samuel Fricker |
| Automated Classification of Legal Cross References Based on Semantic Intent Nicolas Sannier, Morayo Adedjouma, Mehrdad Sabetzadeh, and Lionel Briand Discussant: Nazim Madhavji | Detecting Requirements Defects during a Project Lifetime: an Analysis of a 5-year Automotive Project at Bosch Vincent Langenfeld, Amalinda Post and Andreas Podelski Discussant: Andreas Vogelsang | |
Deriving Metrics for Estimating the Effort Needed in Requirements Compliance Work Md Rashed I. Nekvi, Ibtehal Noorwali and Nazim H. Madhavji Discussant: Nicolas Sannier | Take Care of Your Modes! An Investigation of Defects in Automotive Requirements Andreas Vogelsang, Henning Femmer and Christian Winkler Discussant: Vincent Langenfeld | |
| 17.15 – 17.45 | Plenary Summary of Parallel Sessions (Room Pascal) | |
| 18.00 – End | Welcome Reception | |
| Wednesday 08.30 – 17.30 Industry Track / Research Methodology Track | ||
| 08.30 – 09.30 | Industrial Keynote (Room Pascal) It Depends: Heuristics for Common Enough Requirements Practice Sarah Gregory, Intel, USA Session Chair: Richard Berntsson Svensson | |
| 09.30 – 10.30 | Live Study at REFSQ'16 Chairs: Barbara Paech and Oscar Dieste How do Quality Requirements contribute to Software Sustainability? Nelly Condori-Fernandez, Patricia Lago and Coral Calero | |
| 10.30 – 11.00 | Coffee Break (Foyer) | |
| 11.00 – 12.30 | Invited Industry Talks 1a (Room Pascal) Session Chair: Anna Perini | Invited Industry Talks 1b (Room Tesla) Session Chair: Martin Glinz |
| Agility and Obligation Gunnar Harde, Volkswagen, Germany | Autonomous Campus Shuttle in an Ecosystem - challenges in requirements Christian Berger, Chalmers/Volvo, Sweden | |
| Requirement Traceability in Practice: How to turn the challenge into an opportunity Ali Shahrokni, Systemite, Sweden (Slides) | Real world data driven requirements – the key to a leading position Thomas Broberg, Volvo, Sweden | |
| 12.30 – 14.00 | Lunch (Candela Foyer) | |
| 14.00 – 15.30 | Invited Industry Talks 2a (Room Pascal) Session Chair: Frank Houdek | Research Method Track (Room Tesla) Session Chair: Barbara Paech |
| Developing Software Engineering skills - academic level skill development for active professionals Richard Berntsson Svensson, PROMPT, Sweden | Lean Development in Design Science Research: Deliberating Principles, Prospects & Pitfalls Umar Ruhi and Okhaide Akhigbe Discussant: Marian Daun | |
| Writing software requirements for railway safety-critical systems Luciana Provenzano, Bombardier, Sweden | How do We Read Specifications? Experiences from an Eye Tracking Study Maike Ahrens, Kurt Schneider and Stephan Kiesling Discussant: Okhaide Akhigbe | |
| 15.30 – 16.00 | Coffee Break (Foyer) | |
| 16.00 – 17.30 | Invited Industry Talks 3a (Room Pascal) Session Chair: Amalinda Post | Research Method Track (Room Tesla) Session Chair: Oscar Dieste |
| You need a sociologist in your RE-team. I'll tell you why. Nils Kubischok, Adesso AG, Germany | Common Threats and Mitigation Strategies in Requirements Engineering Experiments with Student Participants Marian Daun, Andrea Salmon, Torsten Bandyszak, and Thorsten Weyer Discussant: Maike Ahrens | |
| Panel Discussion: How to manage requirements in ecosystems Session Chair: Eric Knauss | Plenary Discussion on Research Methods in RE | |
| Leaving to Social Event and Conference Dinner | ||
| 18.15 – 19.00 | Social Event | |
| 19.30 – End | Conference Dinner | |
| Thursday 9.00 – 16.00 Scientific Track | ||
| 09.00 – 10.00 | Invited Talk/Keynote (Room Pascal) | |
| How to write and evaluate RE research papers: an updated introduction to paper classification and evaluation criteria (Slides) Roel Wieringa, University of Twente, the Netherlands Session Chair: Oscar Pastor | ||
| 10.00 – 10.30 | Coffee Break (Foyer) | |
| 10.30 – 12.30 | Research Session 4: Empirical Studies in RE (Room Pascal) Session Chair: Paul Gruenbacher | |
| Optimizing the Incremental Delivery of Software Features under Uncertainty Olawole Oni and Emmanuel Letier Discussant: Tom-Michael Hesse | ||
| Documenting Relations between Requirements and Design Decisions: A Case Study on Design Session Transcripts Tom-Michael Hesse and Barbara Paech Discussant: Garm Lucassen | ||
| The Use and Effectiveness of User Stories in Practice Garm Lucassen, Fabiano Dalpiaz, Sjaak Brinkkemper, and Jan Martijn Van Der Werf Discussant: Olawole Oni | ||
| 12.35 – 14.00 | Lunch (Candela Foyer) | |
| 14.00 – 15.15 | Research Session 5a: RE Foundations (Room Pascal) Session Chair: Andreas Opdahl | Research Session 5b: Human Factors in RE (Room Tesla) Session Chair: Alessia Knauss |
| Foundations for Transparency Requirements Engineering Mahmood Hosseini, Alimohammad Shahri, Keith Phalp, and Raian Ali Discussant: Björn Regnell | Peoples' Capabilities are a Blind Spot in RE Research and Practice Kim Lauenroth and Erik Kamsties Discussant: Sezin Gizem Yaman | |
What is essential? - A Pilot Survey on Views about the Requirements Metamodel of reqT.org Björn Regnell Discussant: Mahmood Hosseini | Customer Involvement in Continuous Deployment: A Systematic Literature Review Sezin Gizem Yaman, Tanja Sauvola, Leah Riungu-Kalliosaari, Laura Hokkanen, Pasi Kuvaja, Markku Oivo, and Tomi Männistö Discussant: Kim Lauenroth | |
| 15.15 – 15.30 | Plenary Summary of Parallel Sessions (Room Pascal) | |
| 15.30 – 15.50 | Report of the RMT Studies Live study: Nelly Condori-Fernandez, Patricia Lago and Coral Calero Online study: Dan Ionita and Roel Wieringa | |
| 15.50 – 16.05 | Closing and Outlook | |