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Department of Informatics Requirements Engineering Research Group

Seminar in Requirements Engineering MSc

Schedule

Date Time (Room) Topic
17.02.2014 9:00-9:45 (BIN 1.D.07) Kick-off meeting
~03.03.2014 By appointment Q&A Seminar Topic, Thesis Structure (Optional)
~17.03.2014 By appointment Review and Discussion of Draft (Optional)
07.04.2014 23:59 CET Report submission
21.04.2014 23:59 CET Review submission
11.05.2014 23:59 CET Corrected report submission
~12.05.2014 By appointment Review and discussion of presentation (Optional)
14.05.2014 9:30-11:45 (BIN 1.D.07) Presentation day

The course is organized as a block seminar, i.e. students have intermediary deadlines during the semester, but no required physical meetings with the course responsibles, except for the final presentation.

Topics

The topic of this year's seminar will be Elicitation in Requirements Engineering. Aspects include, but are not limited to, requirements elicitation in distributed and cloud systems, elicitation with mobile tools, etc. A list of concrete topics will be presented during the kick-off meeting. Students are also invited to suggest their own topics.

Material

Introduction Seminar RE (PDF, 451 KB)


Examples of students thesis (from previous semesters)(BSc, MSc)
Thesis format: Publication according to Springer format (Templates, Example).
Quality criteria: Quality Criteria for Writing and Reviewing PapersQuality criteria for papers.pdf
How to write seminar papers (in German) ZAK Leitfaden Erstellung Seminararbeit

Research and Writing techniques:
- Deininger et al (2002): Studien-Arbeiten (German)
- Michael Derntl (2009): Basics of Research Paper Writing and Publishing.
- Martha Davis (2004): Scientific Papers and Presentations. Elsevier Science & Technology Books. Chapters 3, 9, 10 und 16.

Recommended requirements engineering books and other material:
- Klaus Pohl and Chris Rupp. Requirements Engineering Fundamentals. This book is also available in German: Basiswissen Requirements Engineering.

Prerequisites, Credits and Examination

Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of Software Engineering and Requirements Engineering

ECTS Credits: 3

Examination:
- Oral presentation
- Paper on the topic assigned to the student (about 15 pages in Springer's LNCS style)
- Reviewing of about two other student papers
- Attending all presentations.

Language for paper and presentation: English

Grading:
- Presentation (weight: 1/3 of the grade)
- Paper (weight: 2/3 of the grade)

Note: This seminar will be held at the same time both for advanced undergraduate and for graduate students. The requirements with respect to difficulty, degree of guidance and quality of the paper will be different for the two levels.

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