[Context and motivation] Before a software project officially starts, there is a stage that has not received much consideration in literature: the precontract or bidding stage. [Question/problem] In this phase, basic Requirements Engineering (RE) activities are conducted without having a budget, yet. In this paper, the SmartOffer project is described, which aims on improving RE during this precontract phase. [Principal idea/results] Therefore, bidding processes of several organizations were analyzed and commonalities/ differences were identified. The consolidated process is described in this paper. It consists out of four abstract phases: assessment of demand, conception, proposal, and actual project conduction. Mandatory and optional process steps within these phases allow for being tailored to different companies and products. [Contribution] The consolidated bidding process provides the potential for automation and tool support. In consequence the precontract phase will be more efficient and effective. Building a tool supporting this process as well as evaluating this tool will be addressed in future work to complement this research preview.
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Breiner, K., Gillmann, M., Kalenborn, A., & Müller, C. (2015). Requirements engineering in the bidding stage of software projects – a research preview. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (Vol. 9013, pp. 270–276). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16101-3_19
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