User stories are a widely used artifact in Agile software development. Currently, only a
limited number of secondary studies have reviewed the research on the user story …

Abstract [Context & motivation] Requirements artifacts, like specifications, diagrams, or user
stories, are often used to support various activities related to requirements. How well an …

Nowadays, Agile and Global Software Development (AGSD) has brought benefits and new
challenges to the software industry. Among the main challenges is Architecture Knowledge …

Agile methodologies have been introduced as an alternative to traditional software
engineering methodologies. However, despite the advantages of using agile …

Providing a correct, complete, and unambiguous requirements specification is still one of the
biggest challenges in software engineering. In the case of safety-critical systems, this …

Context: Agile development methodologies in the software industry have increased
significantly over the past decade. Although one of the main aspects of agile software …

Evidence has shown that the lack of traceability between safety requirements and both
architecture and failure propagation models is a key reason for the incompleteness and …

In order for Software Configuration Management (SCM) tools to provide good traceability
links there is usually a great deal of manual effort required. The result is that data becomes …

Agile software development practices require several stakeholders with different kinds of
expertise to collaborate while specifying requirements, designing and modeling software …

Safety-critical systems can be found in many sectors of our lives, eg, in medical equipments
and vehicles. A agile practices have been increasingly incorporated into the development …