Running Head: A METHOD ENGINEERING APPROACH FOR DEFECT TAXONOMIES 1 Defect Taxonomies for Requirements Validation: A Method Engineering Approach

Recently, defect taxonomies have been shown to be useful for improving requirements validation and testing activities. This paper presents a method engineering approach for defect taxonomies based on the work of Felderer and Beer (2013b). Specifically, a method fragment for performing requirements validation through defect taxonomies is proposed. We show how this technique can be assembled and used in conjunction with other requirements-related activities such as requirements quality reviews and testing through a hypothetical example in the mobile IT sector. Since this technique has only been studied in the context of a public health insurance organization, more research is needed to verify the applicability of this technique to other domains. A METHOD ENGINEERING APPROACH FOR DEFECT TAXONOMIES 3