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System Requirements Prioritization Framework

Authors:
Michel Högberg
Mira Kajko-Mattsson
Paulina Persson
Anne Håkansson

Keywords: development; prioritization method; decision making; customer benefit; corporate value

Abstract:
Prioritization of system requirements is pivotal for coping with limited project resources. A well-structured and adequate prioritization method ensures that the most critical requirements get addressed first. Unfortunately, today, there are very few methods that are dedicated to requirements prioritization. This paper suggests a framework for prioritizing system requirements. The framework is called System Requirements Prioritization Framework (SRPF). It consists of eight components each representing a specific angle of the prioritization effort. Its components are (1) Input, (2) Stakeholders, (3) Prioritization Criteria, (4) Prioritization Methods, (5) Environment, (6) Resources, (7) Priority Scales, and (8) Urgency Levels. Our goal is to create a framework aiding companies in making structured and objective prioritization decisions. The theory on the framework’s constituents and structure got educed in four consecutive exploration steps within the industry. The framework then got evaluated within the industry. Altogether, seventeen companies have been involved in the framework’s exploration and five companies have been involved in the framework’s evaluation. The evaluation results show that the framework is highly relevant and useful to the organizations studied.

Pages: 1 to 8

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2018

Publication date: April 22, 2018

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2519-8394

ISBN: 978-1-61208-632-3

Location: Athens, Greece

Dates: from April 22, 2018 to April 26, 2018