Complete thesis - Murdoch University

Chapter 9Conclusions26 April 2006 --- wrote:How do we know if we are getting any better at RequirementsEngineering (RE)?Tony Markatos responds:Excellent question! I often wonder the same.I feel that we are regressing - especially when considering whatis of the highest priority - requirements elicitation.The way I learned it and definetly the way I experienced it, adequatefunctional requirements elicitation is the major thing that needsto be done.And yet, we truely seem to be regressing back to the basic mistakes ofthe 60’s. Specifically, we have lost awarness of the need for anapproach that actually prods us through functional requirementsdiscovery and, instead, have opted in amass for techniques that,in large part, rubber stamp our flawed understanding.Tony Markatos (Greece)This thesis has argued that traditional formal education does not meet the competency expectationsof practitioners of Requirements Engineering. Practitioner dissatisfaction withformal education focusses on non-technical components of competency: they look for graduateswho are flexible, adaptable in the organisational environment and can continue learning.These have been identified as cognitive skills related to higher order learning and metalearn-388