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Editorial: “Complexity of Systems Evolution: Requirements Engineering Perspective”

Editorial: “Complexity of Systems Evolution: Requirements Engineering Perspective” Editorial: "Complexity of Systems Evolution: Requirements Engineering Perspective" MATTHIAS JARKE, RWTH Aachen University and Fraunhofer FIT KALLE LYYTINEN, Case Western Reserve University Walking on water, and programming according to specifications is easy--as long as both of them are frozen. ­Robert Glass This introduction discusses the changing nature of complexity associated with requirements engineering (RE) tasks and how it has shifted from managing internal complexity to adapting and leveraging upon external and dynamic complexity. We note several significant drivers in the requirements knowledge that have resulted in this change and discuss in light of complexity theory how the RE research community can respond to this. We observe several research challenges associated with "new complexity" and highlight how the articles included in the special issue advance the field by defining complexity more accurately, observing more vigilantly new sources of complexity, and suggesting new ways to manage complexity in terms of economic assessments, knowledge flows, and modeling for adaptability. Categories and Subject Descriptors: D.2.1 [Requirements/Specifications]: Methodologies General Terms: Design, Management Additional Key Words and Phrases: System evolution, complexity, requirements knowledge, requirements engineering, agility, edge computing ACM Reference Format: Matthias Jarke and Kalle Lyytinen. 2015. Editorial: "Complexity of systems evolution: Requirements engineering http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems (TMIS) Association for Computing Machinery

Editorial: “Complexity of Systems Evolution: Requirements Engineering Perspective”

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Editorial: "Complexity of Systems Evolution: Requirements Engineering Perspective" MATTHIAS JARKE, RWTH Aachen University and Fraunhofer FIT KALLE LYYTINEN, Case Western Reserve University Walking on water, and programming according to specifications is easy--as long as both of them are frozen. ­Robert Glass This introduction discusses the changing nature of complexity associated with requirements engineering (RE) tasks and how it has shifted from managing internal complexity to adapting and leveraging upon external and dynamic complexity. We note several significant drivers in the requirements knowledge that have resulted in this change and discuss in light of complexity theory how the RE research community can respond to this. We observe several research challenges associated with "new complexity" and highlight how the articles included in the special issue advance the field by defining complexity more accurately, observing more vigilantly new sources of complexity, and suggesting new ways to manage complexity in terms of economic assessments, knowledge flows, and modeling for adaptability. Categories and Subject Descriptors: D.2.1 [Requirements/Specifications]: Methodologies General Terms: Design, Management Additional Key Words and Phrases: System evolution, complexity, requirements knowledge, requirements engineering, agility, edge computing ACM Reference Format: Matthias Jarke and Kalle Lyytinen. 2015. Editorial: "Complexity of systems evolution: Requirements engineering

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ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems (TMIS) – Association for Computing Machinery

Published: Jan 22, 2015

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