An Interrogative Review of Requirement Engineering Frameworks

The primary measure of success of a software system is the level to which it meets the purpose for which it was projected and requirements engineering (RE) is the process of discovering that purpose. The RE process includes five distinct phases: Requirements Elicitation, Requirements Analysis & Negotiation, Requirements Documentation, Requirements Verification & Validation, and Requirements Management. There are a number of inherent difficulties and their proposed solutions for RE phases. Framework is one of the possible ways for finding solution of those problems. It is a hot area of RE. Frameworks commonly used to combine the techniques on a specific problem, topic or area. In this paper we are going to review the literature of RE frameworks. The survey is organized according to a conceptual framework which will analyze the 1) problem statement; 2) Domain; 3) proposed solution; 4) RE phases discussed; 5) RE phases not discussed and 6) reusability. This paper also presents the issues which are still open to further research.