{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2527497011","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00766-016-0259-1","title":"Continuous clarification and emergent requirements flows in open-commercial software ecosystems","display_name":"Continuous clarification and emergent requirements flows in open-commercial software ecosystems","publication_year":2016,"publication_date":"2016-09-27","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2527497011","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00766-016-0259-1","mag":"2527497011"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1007/s00766-016-0259-1","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00766-016-0259-1","pdf_url":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs00766-016-0259-1.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S207090427","display_name":"Requirements Engineering","issn_l":"0947-3602","issn":["0947-3602","1432-010X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319900","host_organization_name":"Springer Science+Business Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319900","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Science+Business Media","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Requirements Engineering","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"hybrid","oa_url":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs00766-016-0259-1.pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5069018122","display_name":"Eric Knauss","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6631-872X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I66862912","display_name":"Chalmers University of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/040wg7k59","country_code":"SE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I66862912"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I881427289","display_name":"University of Gothenburg","ror":"https://ror.org/01tm6cn81","country_code":"SE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I881427289"]}],"countries":["SE"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Eric Knauss","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Chalmers | University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Chalmers | University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I66862912","https://openalex.org/I881427289"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5054156798","display_name":"Aminah Yussuf","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I212119943","display_name":"University of Victoria","ror":"https://ror.org/04s5mat29","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I212119943"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Aminah Yussuf","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I212119943"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5039326697","display_name":"Kelly Blincoe","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4092-9706"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I212119943","display_name":"University of Victoria","ror":"https://ror.org/04s5mat29","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I212119943"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Kelly Blincoe","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I212119943"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5007049054","display_name":"Daniela Damian","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0826-5460"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I212119943","display_name":"University of Victoria","ror":"https://ror.org/04s5mat29","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I212119943"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Daniela Damian","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I212119943"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5058105271","display_name":"Alessia Knauss","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4857-7784"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I212119943","display_name":"University of Victoria","ror":"https://ror.org/04s5mat29","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I212119943"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Alessia Knauss","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I212119943"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":5,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5069018122"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I66862912","https://openalex.org/I881427289"],"apc_list":{"value":2190,"currency":"EUR","value_usd":2780},"apc_paid":{"value":2190,"currency":"EUR","value_usd":2780},"fwci":8.542,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":43,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.97216321,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":96,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"23","issue":"1","first_page":"97","last_page":"117"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11675","display_name":"Open Source Software Innovations","score":0.9995999932289124,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1706","display_name":"Computer Science Applications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11675","display_name":"Open Source Software Innovations","score":0.9995999932289124,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1706","display_name":"Computer Science Applications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10430","display_name":"Software Engineering Techniques and Practices","score":0.9994000196456909,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":0.9973000288009644,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.481792151927948},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/knowledge-management","display_name":"Knowledge management","score":0.4422546625137329},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-development","display_name":"Software development","score":0.41215789318084717},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/process-management","display_name":"Process management","score":0.4051177501678467},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/business","display_name":"Business","score":0.36124899983406067},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software","display_name":"Software","score":0.2795599102973938}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.481792151927948},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C56739046","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192060","display_name":"Knowledge management","level":1,"score":0.4422546625137329},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C529173508","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q638608","display_name":"Software development","level":3,"score":0.41215789318084717},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C195094911","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14167904","display_name":"Process management","level":1,"score":0.4051177501678467},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.36124899983406067},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.2795599102973938},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":4,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1007/s00766-016-0259-1","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00766-016-0259-1","pdf_url":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs00766-016-0259-1.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S207090427","display_name":"Requirements Engineering","issn_l":"0947-3602","issn":["0947-3602","1432-010X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319900","host_organization_name":"Springer Science+Business Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319900","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Science+Business Media","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Requirements Engineering","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:publications.lib.chalmers.se:242233","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://publications.lib.chalmers.se/publication/242233-continuous-clarification-and-emergent-requirements-flows-in-open-commercial-software-ecosystems","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4377196470","display_name":"Chalmers Publication Library (Chalmers University of Technology)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I66862912","host_organization_name":"Chalmers University of Technology","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I66862912"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Text.Article.Journal.PeerReviewed"},{"id":"pmh:oai:research.chalmers.se:501168","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://research.chalmers.se/en/publication/b0cac226-8ac6-42bd-a3ed-c6fd2a6129a4","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402469","display_name":"Chalmers Research (Chalmers University of Technology)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I66862912","host_organization_name":"Chalmers University of Technology","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I66862912"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":""},{"id":"pmh:oai:researchspace.auckland.ac.nz:2292/40440","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://hdl.handle.net/2292/40440","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S7407055463","display_name":"ResearchSpace (University of Auckland)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I154130895","host_organization_name":"University of Auckland","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I154130895"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Journal Article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1007/s00766-016-0259-1","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00766-016-0259-1","pdf_url":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs00766-016-0259-1.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S207090427","display_name":"Requirements Engineering","issn_l":"0947-3602","issn":["0947-3602","1432-010X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319900","host_organization_name":"Springer Science+Business Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319900","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Science+Business Media","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Requirements Engineering","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/12","score":0.4300000071525574,"display_name":"Responsible consumption and production"}],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G4666386352","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"2014-05599","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321030","funder_display_name":"VINNOVA"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321030","display_name":"VINNOVA","ror":"https://ror.org/01kd5m353"}],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2527497011.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2527497011.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":63,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W101199937","https://openalex.org/W101267401","https://openalex.org/W200525573","https://openalex.org/W623008373","https://openalex.org/W654689388","https://openalex.org/W1028460071","https://openalex.org/W1486534186","https://openalex.org/W1504045958","https://openalex.org/W1518715888","https://openalex.org/W1551869955","https://openalex.org/W1608348323","https://openalex.org/W1880692506","https://openalex.org/W1923817154","https://openalex.org/W1979290264","https://openalex.org/W1984545525","https://openalex.org/W2011125931","https://openalex.org/W2031386426","https://openalex.org/W2032104183","https://openalex.org/W2045571829","https://openalex.org/W2050401924","https://openalex.org/W2055638930","https://openalex.org/W2057424250","https://openalex.org/W2058843007","https://openalex.org/W2062261433","https://openalex.org/W2068764033","https://openalex.org/W2074975950","https://openalex.org/W2080207252","https://openalex.org/W2089787523","https://openalex.org/W2106291605","https://openalex.org/W2108205450","https://openalex.org/W2109820570","https://openalex.org/W2110339710","https://openalex.org/W2112427936","https://openalex.org/W2115686133","https://openalex.org/W2122041620","https://openalex.org/W2131094291","https://openalex.org/W2134876531","https://openalex.org/W2135399200","https://openalex.org/W2136540892","https://openalex.org/W2146218629","https://openalex.org/W2147925798","https://openalex.org/W2148023174","https://openalex.org/W2153222072","https://openalex.org/W2153679654","https://openalex.org/W2155783693","https://openalex.org/W2156355126","https://openalex.org/W2162739315","https://openalex.org/W2167158237","https://openalex.org/W2171467319","https://openalex.org/W2171887695","https://openalex.org/W2291072389","https://openalex.org/W2294130646","https://openalex.org/W2403194112","https://openalex.org/W2408555899","https://openalex.org/W2463852654","https://openalex.org/W2492817944","https://openalex.org/W2796250109","https://openalex.org/W2802239380","https://openalex.org/W2985525178","https://openalex.org/W3022607203","https://openalex.org/W3102955580","https://openalex.org/W3188280538","https://openalex.org/W4231644604"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2997480799","https://openalex.org/W3021475143","https://openalex.org/W3122971585","https://openalex.org/W2037209812","https://openalex.org/W2518615930","https://openalex.org/W2086223843","https://openalex.org/W2354212516","https://openalex.org/W2347354501","https://openalex.org/W2269307236","https://openalex.org/W2045037611"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Software":[0,19],"engineering":[1,198],"practice":[2],"has":[3,21],"shifted":[4],"from":[5,93,112,183],"the":[6,85,94,156,163,166,184,192,215,231,236],"development":[7,20,127],"of":[8,38,41,66,115,148,158,191,265,269],"products":[9],"in":[10,170,217,258,280,289],"closed":[11],"environments":[12],"toward":[13],"more":[14],"open":[15,167],"and":[16,31,51,59,75,118,146,154,233],"collaborative":[17],"efforts.":[18],"become":[22],"significantly":[23],"interdependent":[24],"with":[25],"other":[26],"systems":[27],"(e.g.":[28],"services,":[29],"apps)":[30],"typically":[32],"takes":[33],"place":[34],"within":[35,84,121,139,202,230],"large":[36],"ecosystems":[37,46,172],"networked":[39],"communities":[40],"stakeholder":[42],"organizations.":[43],"Such":[44],"software":[45,55,171,218,290],"promise":[47],"increased":[48],"innovation":[49],"power":[50],"support":[52],"for":[53,134,175],"consumer-oriented":[54],"services":[56],"at":[57],"scale":[58],"are":[60,200],"characterized":[61],"by":[62,214],"a":[63,113,242,259,286],"certain":[64],"openness":[65,72,216,266],"their":[67,101,105],"information":[68,161],"flows.":[69],"While":[70],"such":[71,87,203],"supports":[73],"project":[74,150],"reputation":[76],"management,":[77],"it":[78],"also":[79],"brings":[80],"requirements":[81,116,160,197,281],"engineering-related":[82],"challenges":[83,193],"ecosystem,":[86,164],"as":[88,97,99,187,189],"managing":[89],"dynamic,":[90],"emergent":[91,181,270,277],"contributions":[92,182,268],"ecosystem":[95,141,185,232],"stakeholders,":[96],"well":[98,188],"collecting":[100],"input":[102],"while":[103,225,245],"protecting":[104],"IP.":[106],"In":[107],"this":[108],"paper,":[109],"we":[110,208],"report":[111],"study":[114],"communication":[117,168,224],"management":[119],"practices":[120],"IBM\u00ae\u2019s":[122],"Collaborative":[123],"Lifecycle":[124],"Management\u00ae":[125],"product":[126,159,247],"ecosystem.":[128,205],"Our":[129],"research":[130],"used":[131],"multiple":[132],"methods":[133],"data":[135],"collection,":[136],"including":[137],"interviews":[138],"several":[140],"actors,":[142],"on-site":[143],"participatory":[144],"observation,":[145],"analysis":[147],"online":[149],"repositories.":[151],"We":[152],"chart":[153],"describe":[155],"flow":[157],"through":[162],"how":[165],"paradigm":[169],"provides":[173],"opportunities":[174],"\u201cjust-in-time\u201d":[176],"RE\u2014and":[177],"which":[178],"relies":[179],"on":[180,241],"stakeholders\u2014,":[186],"some":[190],"faced":[194],"when":[195],"traditional":[196],"approaches":[199],"applied":[201],"an":[204],"More":[206],"importantly,":[207],"discuss":[209],"two":[210],"tradeoffs":[211],"brought":[212],"about":[213],"ecosystems:":[219],"(1)":[220],"allowing":[221],"open,":[222],"transparent":[223],"keeping":[226],"intellectual":[227],"property":[228],"confidential":[229],"(2)":[234],"having":[235],"ability":[237,273],"to":[238,249,252,274,284],"act":[239,250],"globally":[240],"long-term":[243],"strategy":[244],"empowering":[246],"teams":[248],"locally":[251],"answer":[253],"end":[254],"users\u2019":[255],"context-specific":[256],"needs":[257],"timely":[260],"manner.":[261],"A":[262],"sufficient":[263],"level":[264],"facilitates":[267],"stakeholders.":[271],"The":[272],"include":[275],"important":[276],"contributors":[278],"early":[279],"elicitation":[282],"appears":[283],"be":[285],"crucial":[287],"asset":[288],"ecosystems.":[291]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":3}],"updated_date":"2026-04-04T16:13:02.066488","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}