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Fourth International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications (SERA'06)
Challenges in Requirements Engineering for a Platform group: Case Study with a Medical Imaging Platform
Seattle, Washington
August 09-August 11
ISBN: 0-7695-2656-X
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N Chandrashekar, S. M Gautam, K.S Srinivas, J Vijayananda, "Challenges in Requirements Engineering for a Platform group: Case Study with a Medical Imaging Platform," Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications, ACIS International Conference on, pp. 5-12, Fourth International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications (SERA'06), 2006.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/SERA.2006.21,
author = {N Chandrashekar and S. M Gautam and K.S Srinivas and J Vijayananda},
title = {Challenges in Requirements Engineering for a Platform group: Case Study with a Medical Imaging Platform},
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doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/SERA.2006.21},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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N Chandrashekar, Philips Medical Systems, Bangalore
S. M Gautam, Philips Medical Systems, Bangalore
K.S Srinivas, Philips Medical Systems, Bangalore
J Vijayananda, Philips Medical Systems, Bangalore

Requirements engineering is an essential phase in the software engineering lifecycle, more so for a software platform. In addition to the conventional requirements engineering challenges, software platforms should address issues such as:

  • Handling the continuous inflow of requirements from various application groups
  • Align to the roadmaps of the various product groups
  • Striking a balance between catering to the cutting edge features while being backward compatible with existing features.

This paper attempts to identify such requirements engineering challenges that are highly prevalent for a software platform and explain why traditional requirements engineering techniques alone cannot handle these issues. The paper also outlines the creative approaches taken by the platform group at Philips Medical Systems to address these challenges. It also lists out the lessons learnt in the process and the open issues that we would like to handle in the near future.

Citation:
N Chandrashekar, S. M Gautam, K.S Srinivas, J Vijayananda, "Challenges in Requirements Engineering for a Platform group: Case Study with a Medical Imaging Platform," sera, pp.5-12, Fourth International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications (SERA'06), 2006
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