Science of Design : High - Impact Requirements for Software - Intensive Systems Dagstuhl Seminar

Despite its undoubted success in the last two decades, requirements engineering (RE) needs a better alignment between its research focus and its grounding in practical needs as these needs have changed signi cantly. In this Dagstuhl Perspective seminar part of the debate about a Science of Design , about twenty representatives from research and industry in Europe, Asia, North and Latin America explored changes in the environment, targets, and the process of RE that in uence the nature of fundamental RE questions. In a manifesto, they propose four key principles that underlie current requirements processes and in uence their successful resolution: (1) intertwining of requirements with implementation and organizational contexts, (2) dynamic evolution of requirements, (3) architectures as a critical stabilizing force, and (4) high levels of design complexity and necessity to employ new ways to mitigate it. Managerial and practical implications of these principles include the e ective utilization of service orientation and outsourcing in such settings, move from process-oriented to capability-based organizations around related technology platforms, and the importance of the edge of such organizations for innovation and risk containment. In addition to short abstracts of presentations by the seminar participants, this booklet also includes abstracts of discussion summaries, case studies and empirical material used, and of the manifesto.