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Capabilities and Requirements Engineering: Research Challenges
Copyright © 2013 by Antunes, Vieira, Borbinha. Published and used by INCOSE with permission
Abstract. The concept of capability can be used to provide a holistic view of a product or system, while offering new ways of dealing with complexity. Despite being a concept successfully adopted in several areas, there is opportunity for innovative usages in the engineering of systems. Traditionally, system development methods begin with the gathering and analysis of requirements, and as such, the final product is expected to be in line with the needs of the stakeholders. However, many engineering problems are often situated in complex socio-technical contexts, where systems are characterized as being highly contextual and uncertainty is a constant. Moreover, potential solutions might involve the adoption and integration of off-the-shelf solutions into the systems, or even the reutilization of existing solutions in different settings than those for which they were conceived initially, which is not particularly considered in nowadays engineering methods. This work proposes the usage of the concept of capability in requirements engineering, relating it to the concept of requirement. Based on this proposal, research challenges are identified.