Cultural Influence on Requirements Engineering Activities: Australian Practitioners’ View

Requirements Engineering (RE) involves the critical activities required to capture users’ requirements accurately, completely and in line with users' needs. However, since RE is a communication-intensive activity, an individual's culture might profoundly influence the effectiveness of RE practices. We conducted interviews with 16 Australian practitioners, supplemented by follow-up interviews to consolidate the data. Our study aims to empirically identify the cultural aspects that influence RE activities, analyse the implications of these, and present solutions to address these cultural aspects.