"A Web Platform for Social Requirements Engineering" (Steffen Lohmann, Sebastian Dietzold, Philipp Heim and Norman Heino) This paper presents a web platform that applies concepts from the domain of Social Software to requirements engineering. The platform implements several community-oriented features that support collaboration and knowledge sharing and aim to foster the engagement of larger groups of stakeholders in the collection, discussion, development, and structuring of software requirements.

1. Social Aspects in Software Engineering
- Combined Workshops SofTEAM and SENSE –
SE 09, Kaiserslautern, Germany, March 3rd
A Web Platform for
Social Requirements Engineering
Steffen Lohmann, Phili
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Interactive Systems and Interaction Design
University of Duisburg-Essen
Lotharstrasse 65 45057 D i b
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Germany
Sebastian Dietzold, Norman Heino
Agile Knowledge Engineering and Semantic Web
University of Leipzig
Johannisgasse 26, 04009 Leipzig, Germany
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2. Today’s RE tools
Support a relatively small g p of experts
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Too heavyweight for untrained stakeholders
Limited support for collaboration among many participants
Communication via additional tools or face to face contact
face-to-face
Problems: Transparency, Tracking and Tracing
Steffen Lohmann, Sebastian Dietzold, Philipp Heim, Norman Heino

3. Social Requirements Engineering
Offer integrated collaboration features
Easy-to-use and foster stakeholder engagement
Track and trace collaboration activities
Social Software concepts – well-suited
well suited
Characteristics: community- and user-orientation, simplicity, quick
collaboration, self-organization, social feedback, transparency, and
emerging structures
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4. Demo – Web Platform for Social RE
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5. Demo – Web Platform for Social RE
Steffen Lohmann, Sebastian Dietzold, Philipp Heim, Norman Heino

6. Conclusions
Main goal:
RE as a social experience
Main Challenge:
Conflicting demands (social & formal)
Thank you for your attention!
Steffen Lohmann, Sebastian Dietzold, Philipp Heim, Norman Heino