II (Ibero-American) Workshop on Requirements Engineering

9-10 September, 1999

The workshop will have four sessions for paper presentation, one session for discussion of position papers, and one session for group meetings.

1  Paper presentation

1.1  Each session for paper presentation groups papers according to the following topics:
1.1.1   Requirements Modeling and Representation
1.1.2   Requirements Analysis
1.1.3   Requirements Negotiation and Elicitation
1.1.4   Requirements Process and Management

1.2  For each paper the author has 10 minutes for presentation followed by a 5 minutes discussion. In the discussion part it is expected that the audience raise points to be taken into consideration when the groups meet later.

2  Group meetings

2.1  There will be a group for each presented topic. It is expected that the author presenting a paper on a given topic will take part in the group addressing this topic. Authors presenting papers on more than one topic will be free to choose his/her group.

2.2  Each group will meet to discuss questions their members consider relevant to the topic being addressed. However, it is expected that the group members address the points raised during papers presentation.

2.3  As a suggestion, each group may consider the following questions:
2.3.1   What are the aspects (approach, assumption, theory, etc.) tackled by the presented papers or under investigation by the groups behind the papers?
2.3.2   Are there any common points among the presented papers (research group)? Which are they?
2.3.3   Are there any differences (in approach, assumptions, etc.)? Which are they?
2.3.4   How the identified aspects relate to the state of the art?
2.3.5   What are the future directions?
2.3.6   Are the points raised by the audience during papers presentation covered (if relevant) by the above discussion?

2.4  Each group should prepare its conclusions for presentation. As a guide we suggest the following framework for the conclusions:
2.4.1   Important issues
2.4.2   Adopted approaches
2.4.3   Possible convergence
2.4.4   Issues not covered (addressed)
2.4.5   Future directions

3.  Discussion of position papers

3.1  There are two subjects covered by the position papers: Multidisciplinary approaches and Education.

3.2  Each subject will be coordinated by a person responsible for conducting the discussions. They will have the following structure:
3.2.1   The coordinator introduces the subject (5 min), the author of the position paper presents his/her ideas (10 minutes), followed by a discussion by the audience (20 minutes).

4.  Dinner
There will be a dinner that all participants are expected to attend. However, the workshop organization is not able to cover the costs. So, each participant should be prepared to pay for it (about $ 25.00).

5.  Flexibility
This proposed way of work is subject to changes. So, feel free to make suggestions.

The SADIO will promote a round table with invited speakers from several events of JAIIO. This will probably be of interest to the WER participants. So, the WER afternoon session will begin later or end earlier than usual, depending on the time of the SADIO round table. In the schedule below the X should be replaced by 14 or by the time SADIO round table ends plus 30 minutes.
 

	SADIO Round Table (in this case, X will be the time round table ends + 30 minutes)
	Position Papers This session will discuss two themes, each one will have a coordinator. Themes will be introduced by the coordinator (5 min), presented based on a position paper (10 min), and discussed with the attendants (20 min).
X:25	Introduction. Theme "Multidisciplinary Approaches to RE"
X:30	Eberlein. Can artificial intelligence help during requirements engineering?
X:40	Discussion.
(X+1):00	Introduction. Theme "Requirements Engineering Education"
(X+1):05	Ribeiro et al. Introduzindo Engenharia de Requisitos no currículo de Engenharia Elétrica/Eletrônica: o caso UFPE.
(X+1):15	Discussion.
	SADIO Round Table (in this case X will be 14)
20:00	Dinner.