Improving requirements engineering processes: Impressions during one decade of improvement at daimler

Abstract

Requirements play an important role in the automotive business, as most components (like electronic control units) are developed by suppliers basing on specification documents. While a decade ago mainly sketches had been handed over to the supplier, now fully elaborated specification documents are written. The presentation gives an impression on the several stages of improvement of requirements engineering processes at Mercedes-Benz Passenger Car Development along with some typical improvement patterns and lessons learned. © 2012 Springer-Verlag.