This is a (hopefully complete) summary of my publications including peer-reviewed publications and transfer publications. Unless published (and linked) as open access, please follow the links under the individual titles for the preprints of the manuscripts (or reach out to me).
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Full List of Publication
- J. Frattini, L. Montgomery, J.Fischbach, D. Mendez, D. Fucci, M. Unterkalmsteiner. Requirements Quality Research: a harmonized Theory, Evaluation, and Roadmap. In: Requirements Engineering Journal, 2023.
Preprint: - J. Frattini, D. Fucci, D. Mendez, R. Spinola, V. Mandic, N. Tausan, M. Ovais Ahmad, J. Gonzalez-Huerta. An initial Theory to Understand and Manage Requirements Engineering Debt in Practice. In: Information and Software Technology, 2023.
Preprint: - R. Ouriques, F. Fagerholm, D. Mendez, B. Gislason Bern. An Investigation of Causes and Effects of Trust in Boundary Artefacts. In: Information and Software Technology, 2023.
- D. Smite, N. Brede Moe, J. Hildrum, J. Gonzalez Huerta, D. Mendez. Work-From-Home is Here to Stay: Call for Flexibility in Post-Pandemic Work Policies. In: Journal of Systems and Software, 2022.
Preprint: - J. Fischbach, J. Frattini, A. Vogelsang, D. Mendez, M. Unterkalmsteiner, A. Wehrle, P.R. Henao, P. Yousefi, T. Juricic, J. Radduenz, C. Wiecher. Automatic Creation of Acceptance Tests by Extracting Conditionals from Requirements: NLP Approach and Case Study. In: Journal of Systems and Software, 2022.
Preprint: - E. Zabardast, J. Frattini, J. Gonzalez-Huerta, D. Mendez, T. Gorschek, K. Wnuk. Assets in Software Engineering: What are they after all? In: Journal of Systems and Software, 2022.
Preprint: - M. Hoffmann, D. Mendez, F. Fagerholm, A. Luckhardt. The human side of Software Engineering Teams: an Investigation of Contemporary Challenges. In: IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 2022.
Preprint: - J. Frattini, J. Fischbach, D. Mendez, M. Unterkalmsteiner, A. Vogelsang, K. Wnuk. Causality in Requirements Artifacts: Prevalence, Detection, and Impact. In: Requirements Engineering Journal, 2022.
Preprint: - N. A. Ernst, J. C. Carver, D. Mendez, M. Torchiano. Understanding Peer Review of Software Engineering Papers. In: Empirical Software Engineering Journal, 2021
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- X. Franch, M. Glinz, D. Mendez, N. Seyff. A Study about the Knowledge and Use of Requirements Engineering Standards in Industry. In: IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 2021
Preprint: | Further material: - X. Franch, D. Mendez, A. Vogelsang, R. Heldal, E. Knauss, M. Oriol, G.-H. Travassos, J. Carver, T. Zimmermann. How do Practitioners Perceive the Relevance of Requirements Engineering Research? In: IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 2020
Preprint: | Further material: - H. Villamizar, M. Kalinowski, A. Garcia, D. Mendez. An Efficient Approach for Reviewing Security-Related Aspects in Agile Requirements Specifications of Web Applications. In: Requirements Engineering Journal, 2020
Preprint: - A. Vogelsang, J. Eckhardt, D. Mendez, M. Berger. Views on Quality Requirements in Academia and Practice: Commonalities, Differences, and Context-Dependent Grey Areas. In: Information and Software Technology, 2020
Preprint: - J. Hehn, D. Mendez, F. Uebernickel, W. Brenner, M. Broy. On Integrating Design Thinking for a Human-centered Requirements Engineering. In: IEEE Software, 2019
Preprint: - M. Conoscenti, V. Besner, A. Vetro, D. Mendez Fernandez. Combining Data Analytics and Developers’ Feedback for Identifying Reasons of Inaccurate Estimations in Agile Software Development.
In: Journal of Systems and Software, 2019 - D. Ameller, X. Franch, C. Gómez, S. Martínez-Fernández, J. Araujo, S. Biffl, J. Cabot, V. Cortellessa, D. Mendez Fernandez, A. Moreira, H. Muccini, A. Vallecillo, M. Wimmer, V. Amaral, W. Böhm, H. Brunelière, L. Burgueño, M. Goulão, S. Teufl, L. Berardinelli. Dealing with Non-Functional Requirements in Model-Driven Development: A Survey
In: Transactions on Software Engineering, 2019
Further material: - S. Wagner, D. Mendez Fernandez, M. Kalinowski, M. Felderer, P. Mafra, A. Vetrò, T. Conte, M.-T. Christiansson, D. Greer, C. Lassenius, T. Männistö, M. Nayebi, M. Oivo, B. Penzenstadler, D. Pfahl, R. Prikladnicki, G. Ruhe, A. Schekelmann, S. Sen, R. Spinola, J.L. de la Vara, A. Tuzcu, R. Wieringa, and D. Winkler. Status Quo in Requirements Engineering: A Theory and a Global Family of Surveys
In: Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology, 2019
Preprint: - D. Mendez Fernandez, W. Böhm, A. Vogelsang, J. Mund, M. Broy, M. Kuhrmann, T. Weyer. Artefacts in Software Engineering: A Fundamental Positioning.
In: International Journal on Software and Systems Modeling, 2019
Preprint: - D. Mendez Fernandez, J.-H. Passoth. Empirical Software Engineering: From Discipline to Interdiscipline
In: Journal of Systems and Software, 2018
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- A.Vetrò, R.Dürre, M. Conoscenti, D. Mendez Fernandez , M.Jørgensen. Combining Data Analytics with Team Feedback to Improve the Estimation Process in Agile Software Development
In: Foundations of Computing and Decision Sciences, 2018. - D. Mendez Fernandez. Supporting Requirements Engineering Research that Industry Needs: The Naming the Pain in Requirements Engineering Initiative
In: IEEE Software, 2018
Preprint: - S. Wagner, D. Mendez Fernandez, M. Kalinowski, M. Felderer. Agile Requirements Engineering in Practice: Status Quo and Critical Problems.
In: CLEI Electronic Journal, 2018 - L. Prechelt, D. Graziotin, D. Mendez Fernandez
A Community’s Perspective on the Status and Future of Peer Review in Software Engineering
In: Information and Software Technology, Elsevier, 2017
Preprint: | Further material: - M. Kuhrmann, D. Mendez Fernandez, M. Daneva. On the Pragmatic Design of Literature Studies in Software Engineering: An Experience-based Guideline
In: Empirical Software Engineering, Springer, 2017
Preprint: - D. Mendez Fernandez, S. Wagner, M. Kalinowski, M. Felderer, P. Mafra, A. Vetrò, T. Conte, M.-T. Christiansson, D. Greer, C. Lassenius, T. Männistö, M. Nayebi, M. Oivo, B. Penzenstadler, D. Pfahl, R. Prikladnicki, G. Ruhe, A. Schekelmann, S. Sen, R. Spinola, J.L. de la Vara, A. Tuzcu, R. Wieringa
Naming the Pain in Requirements Engineering: Contemporary Problems, Causes, and Effects in Practice
In: Empirical Software Engineering Journal, Springer, 2016
Preprint: - H. Femmer, D. Mendez Fernandez, S. Wagner, S. Eder
Rapid Quality Assurance with Requirements Smells
In: Journal of Systems and Software, 2016
Preprint: - D. Mendez Fernandez, S. Wagner, M. Kalinowski, A. Schekelmann, A. Tuzcu, T. Conte, R. Spinola, R. Prikladnicki
Naming the Pain in Requirements Engineering: Comparing Practices in Brazil and Germany
In: IEEE Software Voice of Evidence, 2015
Preprint: - M. Kuhrmann, D. Mendez Fernandez, T. Ternité.
On the Use of Variability Operations in the V-Modell XT Software Process Line
In: Journal of Software: Evolution and Process, 2015
Preprint: - M. Kuhrmann, D. Mendez Fernandez
From Pragmatic to Systematic Software Process Improvement: An Evaluated Approach
In: IET Software, 2015
Preprint: - T. Clavel, D. Mendez Fernandez, J. Schmid, S. Kolossa, L. Matzke
Das interdisziplinäre Forschungsseminar: Erkenntnisse aus dem Pilotprojekt INDISNET
In: Neues Handbuch Hochschullehre, 2015
Preprint: - D. Mendez Fernandez, S. Wagner
Naming the Pain in Requirements Engineering: A Design for a Global Family of Surveys and First Results from Germany
In: Information and Software Technology, Elsevier, 2014
Preprint: - D. Mendez Fernandez, B. Penzenstadler
Artefact-based Requirements Engineering: The AMDiRE Approach
In: Requirements Engineering, 2014
Preprint: | Further material: - M. Kuhrmann, D. Mendez Fernandez, M. Tiessler
A Mapping Study in the Feasibility of Method Engineering
In: Journal of Software: Evolution and Process, 2014
Preprint: - F. Simon, A. Kossmann, M. Kuhrmann, D. Mendez Fernandez
Wunsch oder Wirklichkeit? Professionelle Softwareentwicklung “Made in Germany”
In: OBJEKTspektrum, Januar/Februar 2014
Preprint: - D. Mendez Fernandez, S. Wagner, K. Lochmann, A. Baumann, H. de Carne
Field Study on Requirements Engineering: Investigation of Artefacts, Project Parameters, and Execution Strategies
In: Information and Software Technology, Volume 54, Issue 2, Pages 162-178, ISSN 0950-5849, Elsevier, 2012
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(For edited conference and workshop proceedings, see my community activities.)
- (book) J. Hehn, D. Mendez, W. Brenner, M. Broy
Design Thinking for Software Engineering: Creating Human-oriented Software-intensive Products and Service, Springer, 2022 - (chapter) J. Hehn, D. Mendez
Combining Design Thinking and Software Requirements Engineering to create Human-centered Software-intensive Systems, In: J. Hehn, D. Mendez, W. Brenner, M. Broy (eds.) Design Thinking for Software Engineering: Creating Human-oriented Software-intensive Products and Service, Springer, 2022
Preprint: - (chapter) D. Mendez, D. Graziotin, S. Wagner, H. Seibold
Open Science in Software Engineering
In: M. Felderer, G.-H. Travassos (eds.) Contemporary Empirical Methods in Software Engineering, Springer, 2020
Preprint: - (chapter) S. Wagner, D. Mendez, M. Felderer, D. Graziotin, M. Kalinowski
Challenges in Survey Research
In: M. Felderer, G.-H. Travassos (eds.) Contemporary Empirical Methods in Software Engineering, Springer, 2020
Preprint: - (chapter) Belau, D. Mendez Fernandez, M. Molls, T. Herrmann.
Risk and Challenges in Radiation Medicine – An Introduction and Position Statement.
(Invited Book Chapter) In: W. Bonß, M. Molls, O. Renn, M. Steger and P. A. Wilderer (eds.) Sustainable Risk Management – How to deal responsibly with Risks, Springer, 2017 - (chapter) S. Wagner, D. Mendez Fernandez
Analysing Text in Software Projects
In: T. Menzies, C. Bird, T. Zimmermann (eds.) The Art and Science of Analyzing Software Data, Elsevier, 2015
Preprint:
- A. P. Santos Alves, M. Kalinowski, G. Giray, D. Mendez, N. Lavesson, K. Azevedo, H. Villamizar, T. Escovedo, H. Lopes, S. Biffl, J. Musil, M. Felderer, S. Wagner, M. T. Baldassarre, T. Gorschek. Status Quo and Problems of Requirements Engineering for Machine Learning: Results from an International Survey. In: Proc. of the 24th International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, Springer, 2023
Preprint: - M. Dorner, D. Smite, D. Mendez, K. Wnuk, J. Czerwonka. Only Time Will Tell: Modelling Information Diffusion in Code Review with Time-Varying Hypergraphs. In: Proc. of the 16th International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement, ACM/IEEE, 2022
Preprint: – Awarded as Best Paper - O. Klymenko, O. Kosenkov, S. Meisenbacher, P. Elahidoost, D. Mendez, F. Matthes. Understanding the Implementation of Technical Measures in the Process of Data Privacy Compliance. In: Proc. of the 16th International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement, ACM/IEEE, 2022
- J. Frattini, L. Montgomery, J. Fischbach, M. Unterkalmsteiner, D. Mendez, D. Fucci. A Live Extensible Ontology of Quality Factors for Textual Requirements. In: Proc. of the International Requirements Engineering Conference, IEEE, 2022
Preprint: | Further material: - J. Fischbach, J. Frattini, D. Mendez, M. Unterkalmsteiner, H. Femmer, A. Vogelsang. How Do Practitioners Interpret Conditionals in Requirements? In: Proc. 22nd International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, Springer, 2021
Preprint: - O. Kosenkov, M. Unterkalmsteiner, D. Mendez, D. Fucci. Vision for an Artefact-based Approach to Regulatory Requirements Engineering. In: Proc. 15th ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement, ACM, 2021
Preprint: - R. Dehghani, K. Wnuk, D. Mendez, T. Gorschek, R. Ramsin. On Understanding the Relation of Knowledge and Confidence to Requirements Quality. In: Proc. 27th International Working Conference on Requirement Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality, Springer, 2021
Preprint: - J. Fischbach, J. Frattini, A. Spaans, M. Kummeth, A. Vogelsang, D. Mendez, M. Unterkalmsteiner. Automatic Detection of Causality in Requirement Artifacts: the CiRA Approach. In: Proc. 27th International Working Conference on Requirement Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality, Springer, 2021
Preprint: – Awarded as Best Paper - F. Angermeir, M. Voggenreiter, F. Moyon, D. Mendez. Enterprise-Driven Open Source Software: A Case Study on Security Automation. In: Proc. 43rd International Conference on Software Engineering (SEIP Track), IEEE, 2021.
Preprint: | Further material: - T. Gasiba, U. Lechner, M. Pinto-Albuquerque, D. Mendez. Is Secure Coding Education in the Industry Needed? An Investigation Through a Large Scale Survey.
In: Proc. of the 43rd International Conference on Software Engineering (JSEET Track), IEEE, 2021.
Preprint: - T. Gorschek, D. Mendez. Solving Problems or Enabling Problem-Solving? From Purity in Empirical Software Engineering to Effective Co-Production. In: Proc. 13th International Software Quality Days (Invited Keynote Paper), Springer, 2021.
- T. Gasiba, U. Lechner, M. Pinto-Albuquerque, D. Mendez. Awareness of Secure Coding Guidelines in the Industry – A first data analysis.
In: Proc. 19th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications. IEEE, 2020.
Guangzhou, China
Preprint: - F. Moyon, K. Beckers, D. Mendez and S. Klepper. Using Process Models to understand Security Standards.
In: Proc. SOFSEM 2021: Theory and Practice of Computer Science, Springer, 2020.
Preprint: - M. Usman, M. Felderer, M. Unterkalmsteiner, E. Klotins, D. Mendez and E. Alegroth. Compliance Requirements in Large-Scale Software Development: An Industrial Case Study.
In: Proc. 21st International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, Springer, 2020
Preprint: - F. Moyon, D. Mendez, K. Beckers and S. Klepper. How to integrate Security Compliance Requirements with Agile Software Engineering at Scale.
In: Proc. 21st International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, Springer, 2020
Preprint: - F. Moyon, R. Soares, M. Pinto-Albuquerque, D. Mendez and K. Beckers. Integration of Security Standards in DevOps Pipelines: An Industry Case Study
In: Proc. 21st International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, Springer, 2020
Preprint: - J. Fischbach, H. Femmer, D. Mendez, D. Fucci, A. Vogelsang. What Makes Agile Test Artifacts Useful? An Activity-Based Quality Model from a Practitioners’ Perspective.
In: Proc. International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement, ACM/IEEE, 2020.
Bari, Italy (virtually) – Awarded as Best Industry Paper
Preprint: - J. Frattini, M. Junker, M. Unterkalmsteiner, D. Mendez. Automatic Extraction of Cause-Effect-Relations from Requirements Artifacts.
In: Proc. International Conference on Automated Software Engineering, IEEE/ACM, 2020 - F. Moyón, P. Almeida, D. Riofrio, D. Mendez, M. Kalinowski. Security Compliance in Agile Software Development: A Systematic Mapping Study.
In: Proc. 45th Euromicro SEAA, IEEE, 2020
Kallithea, Chalkidiki, Greece - F. Wiesweg, A. Vogelsang, D. Mendez. Data-driven Risk Management for Requirements Engineering: An Automated Approach based on Bayesian Networks.
In: Proc. 28th International Requirements Engineering Conference, IEEE, 2020.
Zurich, Switzerland
Preprint: - F. Moyon, C. Bayr, D. Mendez, S. Dännert, K. Beckers. A Light-weight Tool for the Self-Assessment of Security Compliance in Software Development — An Industry Case
In: Proc. 46th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science, Springer, 2020.
Limassol, Cyprus - H. Villamizar, A. A. Neto, M. Kalinowski, A. Garcia, D. Mendez. An Approach for Reviewing Security Related Aspects in Agile Requirements Specifications of Web Applications.
In: Proc. 27th International Requirements Engineering Conference, IEEE, 2019.
Jeju Island, South Korea – Nominated as Best Paper
Preprint: - A. Zarras, I. Gerostathopoulos, D. Mendez Fernandez. Can Today’s Machine Learning Pass Image-Based Turing Tests? In: Proc. of the 22nd Information Security Conference 2019.
New York, USA - D. Mendez Fernandez, X. Franch, N. Seyff, M. Felderer, M. Glinz, M. Kalinowski, A. Volgelsang, S. Wagner, S. Bühne, K. Lauenroth. Do We Preach What We Practice? Investigating the Practical Relevance of Requirements Engineering Syllabi – The IREB Case.
In: Proc. 22nd Ibero-American Conference on Software Engineering, 2019.
Havana, Cuba – Awarded as Best Paper (2nd in category RET)
Preprint: - H. Villamizar, M. Kalinowski, M. Viana, D. Méndez Fernández
A Systematic Mapping Study on Security in Agile Requirements Engineering.
In: Proc. 44th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, IEEE, 2018.
Prague, Czech Republic
Preprint: - D. Mendez Fernandez, M. Tiessler, M. Kalinowski, M. Felderer, M. Kuhrmann
On evidence-based Risk Management in Requirements Engineering.
In: Proc. 10th Software Quality Days (SWQD ’18), Springer, 2018.
Vienna, Austria – Awarded as Best Paper
Preprint: - X. Franch, D. Mendez Fernandez, M. Oriol, A. Vogelsang, R. Heldal, E. Knauss, G.H. Travassos, J.C. Carver, O. Dieste, T. Zimmermann.
How do Practitioners Perceive the Relevance of Requirements Engineering Research? An Ongoing Study.
In: Proc. 25th International Requirements Engineering Conference, IEEE, 2017.
Lisbon, Portugal
Preprint: - Wagner, D. Mendez Fernandez, M. Felderer, M. Kalinowski.
Requirements Engineering Practice and Problems in Agile Projects: Results from an International Survey.
In: Proc 20th Ibero-American Conference of Software Engineering (CibSE ’17), Springer, 2017.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Preprint: - Kalinowski, P. Curty, A. Paes, A. Ferreira, R. Spinola, D. Mendez Fernandez, M. Felderer, S. Wagner.
Supporting Defect Causal Analysis in Practice with Cross-Company Data on Causes of Requirements Engineering Problems.
In: Proc. 39th International Conference on Software Engineering (SEIP track), IEEE, 2017.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Preprint: - J. Eckhardt, A. Vogelsang, D. Mendez Fernandez.
On the Distinction of Functional and Quality Requirements in Practice.
In: Proc. 17th International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement (PROFES ’16), Springer, 2016.
Trondheim, Norway – Awarded as Best Paper
Preprint: | Further material:
- P. Mafra, M. Kalinowski, D. Mendez Fernandez, M. Felderer, S. Wagner
Towards Guidelines for Preventing Critical Requirements Engineering Problems.
In: Proc. 42nd EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA’16), IEEE, 2016.
Limassol, Cyprus
Preprint: - J. Eckhardt, A. Vogelsang, D. Mendez Fernandez
Are “Non-functional” Requirements Really Non-functional? An Investigation of Non-functional Requirements in Practice.
In: Proc. 38th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE’16), ACM, 2016.
Austin Texas, USA
Preprint: - M. Kalinowski, M. Felderer, T. Conte, R. Spinola, R. Prikladnicki, D. Winkler, D. Mendez Fernandez, S. Wagner
Preventing Incomplete/Hidden Requirements: Reflections on Survey Data from Austria and Brazil.
In: Proc. Software Quality Days (SWQD ’16), Springer, 2016.
Vienna, Austria – Awarded as Best Paper
Preprint: - D. Mendez Fernandez, S. Wagner
A Case Study on Artefact-based RE Improvement in Practice.
In: Proc. 16th International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement (PROFES ’15), Springer, 2015.
Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
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- D. Holling, D. Mendez Fernandez, A. Pretschner
A Field Study on the Elicitation and Classification of Defects for Defect Models.
In: Proc. 16th International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement (PROFES ’15), Springer, 2015.
Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
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- J. Mund, H. Femmer, D. Mendez Fernandez, J. Eckhardt
Does Quality of Requirements Specifications matter? Combined Results of Two Empirical Studies.
In: Proc. 9th International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM ’15), ACM, 2015.
Beijing, China
Preprint: - J. Eckhardt, D. Mendez Fernandez, A. Vogelsang
How to specify Non-functional Requirements to support seamless modeling? A Study Design and Preliminary Results.
In: Proc. 9th International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM ’15), ACM, 2015.
Beijing, China
Preprint: - F. Grigoleit, A. Vetro, P. Diebold, D. Mendez Fernandez, W. Boehm
In Quest for proper Mediums for Technology Transfer in Software Engineering – An Exploratory Study.
In: Proc. 9th International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM ’15), ACM, 2015.
Beijing, China
Preprint: - P. Diebold, A. Vetro, D. Mendez Fernandez
An Exploratory Study on Technology Transfer in Software Engineering.
In: Proc. 9th International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM ’15), ACM, 2015
Beijing, China
Preprint: | Further material: - D. Ameller, X. Franch, C Gomez, J. Araujo, R. Svensson, S. Biffl, J. Cabot, V. Cortellessa, M. Daneva, D. Mendez Fernandez, A. Moreira, H. Muccini, A. Vallecillo, M. Wimmer, V. Amaral, H. Bruneliere, L. Burgueno, M. Goulao, B. Schaetz, S. Teufl
Handling Non-Functional Requirements in Model-Driven Development: An Ongoing Industrial Survey.
In: Proc. 23rd International Conference on Requirements Engineering (RE – RE: Next!), 2015
Ottawa, Canada
Preprint: - M. Kalinowski, R. Oliveira Spinola, T. Conte, R. Prikladnicki, D. Mendez Fernandez, S. Wagner
Towards Building Knowledge on Causes of Critical Requirements Engineering Problems.
In: Proc. 27th International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (SEKE), 2015
Pittsburgh, USA
Preprint: - G. Procaccianti, P. Lago, A. Vetro, D. Mendez Fernandez, R. Wieringa
The Green Lab: Experimentation in Software Energy Efficiency.
In: Proc. 37th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE ’15 – Technical Briefings) IEEE, 2015
Florence, Italy
Preprint: - A. Vetro, S. Ognawala, D. Mendez Fernandez, S. Wagner
Fast Feedback Cycles in Empirical Software Engineering Research.
In: Proc. 37th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE ’15 – NIER Track) IEEE, 2015
Florence, Italy
Preprint: - M. Kuhrmann, D. Mendez Fernandez
Systematic Software Development: A State of the Practice Report from Germany.
Ín: Proc. 10th International Conference on Global Software Engineering (ICGSE ’15), IEEE, 2015
Cuidad Real, Spain
Preprint: | Further material: - D. Mendez Fernandez
Artefact-based Requirements Engineering Improvement: Learning to Walk in Practice.
In: Proc. 15th International Conference on Product-Focused Software Development and Process Improvement (PROFES ’14), Springer, 2014
Helsinki, Finland
Preprint: | Further material: - D. Mendez Fernandez, S. Ognawala, S. Wagner, M. Daneva
Where Do We Stand in Requirements Engineering Improvement Today? First Results from a Mapping Study.
In: Proc. 8th International International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM ’14), ACM, 2014.
Torino, Italy
Preprint: | Further material: - D. Mendez Fernandez, J. Mund, H. Femmer, A. Vetro
In Quest for Requirements Engineering Oracles: Dependent Variables and Measurements for (good) RE.
In: Proc. 18th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE ’14), ACM, 2014.
London, UK – Awarded as Best Presentation
Preprint: | Further material:
- M. Kuhrmann, D. Mendez Fernandez, T. Ternite
Realizing Software Process Lines – Insights & Experiences.
In: Proc. International Conference on Software and Systems Processes (ICSSP ’14), ACM, 2014.
Nanjing, China
Preprint: | Further material: - B. Penzenstadler, D. Mendez Fernandez, J. Eckhardt
Understanding the Impact of Artefact-based RE – Design of a Replication Study.
In: Proc. 7th International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM ’13), IEEE, 2013.
Baltimore, USA
Preprint: - D. Mendez Fernandez, R. Wieringa
Improving Requirements Engineering by Artefact Orientation.
In: Proc. 14th International Conference on Product-Focused Software Development and Process Improvement (PROFES ’13), Springer, 2013.
Paphos, Cyprus
Preprint: | Further material: - M. Kuhrmann, D. Mendez Fernandez, A. Knapp
Who cares about Software Process Modelling? A First Experiment on the perceived Value of Process Modelling and Process Consumption.
In: Proc. 14th International Conference on Product-Focused Software Development and Process Improvement (PROFES ’13), Springer, 2013.
Paphos, Cyprus
Preprint: | Further material: - D. Mendez Fernandez, S. Wagner
Naming the Pain in Requirements Engineering: Design of a Global Family of Surveys and First Results from Germany.
In: Proc. 17th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE ’13), ACM, 2013.
Porto de Galinhas, Brazil – Nominated as Best Paper (w/ special issue invitation for Information and Software Technology)
Preprint: | Further material: - M. Kuhrmann, D. Mendez Fernandez, M. Tiessler
A Mapping Study on Method Engineering – First Results.
In: Proc. 17th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE ’13), ACM, 2013.
Porto de Galinhas, Brazil
Preprint: - M. Kuhrmann, D. Mendez Fernandez, M. Groeber
Towards Artifact Models as Process Interfaces in Distributed Software Projects.
In: Proc. 8th International Conference on Global Software Engineering (ICGSE ’13), IEEE, 2013.
Bari, Italy
Preprint: - M. Kuhrmann, D. Mendez Fernandez, J. Münch
Teaching Software Process Modelling.
In: Proc. 35th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE ’13), IEEE Computer Society, 2013.
San Francisco, USA
Preprint: - M. Kuhrmann, D. Mendez Fernandez, R. Steenweg
Systematic Software Process Development – Where do we stand today?
In: Proc. 9th International Conference on Software and System Process (ICSSP ’13), ACM Press, 2013.
San Francisco, USA
Preprint: - K. Lochmann, D. Mendez Fernandez, S. Wagner
A Case Study on Specifying Quality Requirements Using a Quality Model.
In: Proc. 19th Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference (APSEC ’12), IEEE Computer Society, 2012.
Hong Kong
Preprint: - D. Mendez Fernandez, B. Penzenstadler, M. Kuhrmann
Pattern-Based Guideline to Empirically Analyse Software Development Processes.
In: Proc. 16th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE ’12), IET, 2012.
Ciudad Real, Spain
Preprint: - D. Mendez Fernandez, K. Lochmann, B. Penzenstadler, S. Wagner
A Case Study on the Application of an Artefact-Based Requirements Engineering Approach.
In: Proc. 15th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE ’11)
Durham, United Kingdom
Preprint: - D. Mendez Fernandez, B. Penzenstadler, M. Kuhrmann, M. Broy
A Meta Model for Artefact-Orientation: Fundamentals and Lessons Learned in Requirements Engineering.
In: Proc. 13th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MoDELS ’10), Springer, 2010.
Oslo, Norway
Preprint: - D. Mendez Fernandez, S. Wagner, K. Lochmann, A. Baumann
Field Study on Requirements Engineering Artefacts and Patterns.
In: Proc. 14th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE ’10), BCS eWIC, 2010.
Staffordshire, United Kingdom – Nominated as Best Paper (w/ special issue invitation for Information and Software Technology)
Preprint: - S. Islam, S. H. Houmb, D. Mendez Fernandez, Md.M. A. Joarder
Offshore-Outsourced Software Development Risk Management Model.
In: Proc. 12th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT), 2009.
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Preprint:
- J. Fischbach, M. Adam, V. Dzhagatspanyan, D. Mendez, J. Frattini, O. Kosenkov, P. Elahidoost. Automatic ESG Assessment of Companies by Mining and Evaluating Media Coverage Data: NLP Approach and Tool. In: Proc. of the 5th Financial Narrative Processing Workshop, IEEE, 2023.
Preprint: - J. Frattini, L. Montgomery, D. Fucci, J. Fischbach, M. Unterkalmsteiner, D. Mendez.
Let’s Stop Building at the Feet of Giants: Recovering unavailable Requirements Quality Artifacts. In: Prof. 6th Workshop on Natural Language Processing for Requirements Engineering (NLP4RE, co-located with REFSQ), 2023.
Preprint: - P. Sjöberg, D. Mendez, T. Gorschek.
Contemporary Challenges when Developing Cyber-Physical Systems of Systems – A Case Study. In: Proc. 11th International Workshop on Software Engineering for Systems-of-Systems and Software Ecosystems (SESoS’23, co-located with ICSE), IEEE, 2023. - J. Fischbach, T. Springer, J. Frattini, H. Femmer, A. Vogelsang, D. Mendez.
Fine-Grained Causality Extraction From Natural Language Requirements Using Recursive Neural Tensor Networks.
In: Proc. 8th International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Requirements Engineering (AIRE’21, co-located with RE), IEEE, 2021.
Preprint: - T. Chuprina, D. Mendez, K. Wnuk.
Towards Artefact-based Requirements Engineering for Data-Centric Systems. In: Proc. 2nd International Workshop on Requirements Engineering for Artificial Intelligence, CEUR, 2021.
Preprint: - T. Iqbal, N. Seyff, D. Mendez.
Generating Requirements out of Thin Air: Towards Automated Feature Identification for New Apps.
In: Proc. 3rd International Workshop on Crowd-Based Requirements Engineering (CrowdRE ’19), IEEE, 2019.
Jeju, South Korea
Preprint: - M. Torchiano, D. Méndez Fernández, G. H. Travassos, R. Maiani de Mello.
Lessons Learnt in Conducting Survey Research.
In: Proc. 5th International Workshop on Conducting Empirical Studies in Industry Software Engineering (CESI ’17), IEEE, 2017.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Preprint: - D. Mendez Fernandez, S. Wagner
Case Studies in Industry: What We Have Learnt
In: Proc. 4th International Workshop on Conducting Empirical Studies in Industry (CESI ’16), ACM, 2016.
Austin Texas, USA
Preprint: | Further material: - H. Femmer, J. Mund, D. Mendez Fernandez
It’s the Activities, Stupid! A New Perspective on RE Quality
In: Proc. 2nd International Workshop on Requirements Engineering and Testing (RET ’15), IEEE, 2015.
Florence, Italy
Preprint: - H. Femmer, D. Mendez Fernandez, E. Juergens, M. Klose, I. Zimmer, J. Zimmer
Rapid Requirements Checks with Requirements Smells: Two Case Studies
In: Proc. 1st International Workshop on Rapid Continuous Software Engineering (RCoSE ’14), IEEE, 2014.
Hyderabad, India
Preprint: - B. Penzenstadler, J. Eckhardt, D. Mendez Fernandez
Two Replication Studies for Evaluating Artefact Models in RE: Results and Lessons Learnt
In: Proc. 3rd International Workshop on Replication in Empirical Software Engineering Research (RESER ’13), IEEE, 2013.
Baltimore, USA
Preprint: - M. Luckey, S. Wagner, D. Mendez Fernandez, A. Baumann
Reusing Security Requirements Using an Extended Quality Model
In: Proc. Workshop on Software Engineering for Secure Systems (SESS ’10), ACM Press, 2010.
Cape Town, South Africa
Preprint: - S. Wagner, D. Mendez Fernandez, S. Islam, K. Lochmann
A Security Requirements Approach for Web Systems
In: Proc. Workshop Quality Assessment in Web (QAW ’09), CEUR Workshop Proceedings, Vol-561, 2009.
San Sebastian, Spain
Preprint:
- A. Luckhardt, D. Mendez, N. Schaffer. Requirements Engineering: A Critical Determinant of Software Success. fortiss White Paper, ISSN 2700-2977, 2023.
- F. Moyon, D. Mendez, T. Gorschek, F. Angermeir, P.-L. Bonvin, M. Voggenreiter. RefA: Reference Architecture for Security-compliant DevOps. Technical Report BTH-RES-01/23-SE, Blekinge Institute of Technology, 2023.
- A. Luckhardt, D. Mendez, N. Schaffer. Requirements Engineering – A Critical Determinant for Project Success. fortiss whitepaper, 2023.
- J. Fischbach, J. Frattini, A. Vogelsang, D. Mendez, M. Unterkalmsteiner, A. Wehrle, P. Restrepo Henao, P. Yousefi, T. Juricic, J. Radduenz, C. Wiecher. Automatic Creation of Acceptance Tests by Extracting Conditionals from Requirements: NLP Approach and Case Study
Journal-First invitation to 16th IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation (ICST), 2023. - V. Lenarduzzi, Fucci and D. Mendez. On the Perceived Harmfulness of Requirement Smells: An Empirical Study. Live Study conducted at the 26th International Working Conference on Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality, 2020.
- D. Mendez, X. Franch, A. Vogelsang. What is the Relevance of Requirements Engineering Research to Practitioners?
RE Magazin, International Requirements Engineering Board, 2020. - Kuhrmann, D. Mendez Fernandez and M. Daneva.
On the Pragmatic Design of Literature Studies in Software Engineering: An Experience-based Guideline.
Journal-First (Empirical Software Engineering Journal) invitation to 11th Joint Meeting of the European Software Engineering Conference and the ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE), 2017. - J. Eckhardt, A. Vogelsang, D. Mendez Fernandez.
Are “Non-functional” Requirements really Non-functional?
Presentation of previously published work at the Software Engineering Conference of the German association for Computer Science, Hannover, Germany, 2016. - D. Mendez Fernandez, S. Wagner.
Naming the Pain in Requirements Engineering: A Survey Design and German Results. Presentation of previously published work at the Software Engineering Conference of the German association for Computer Science, Vienna, Austria, 2016. - P. Diebold, D. Mendez Fernandez, D. Smite
Summary of the 1st International Workshop on Impact of Agile Practices (ImpAct 2015)
Workshop abstract, co-located at the ICSSP, ACM, 2015
Tallinn, Estonia
Preprint: - S. Ognawala, D. Mendez Fernandez, S. Wagner
Requirements Engineering Improvement Today – A Systematic Mapping Study
Technical Report, Institut für Informatik, Technische Universität München, 2014.
Report: - S. Wagner, D. Mendez Fernandez
Message from the IDoESE 2013 Doctoral Symposium Chairs
Report:
- B. Penzenstadler, D. Mendez Fernandez, D. Richardson, D. Callel, K. Wnuk
The Requirements Engineering Body of Knowledge
Working Session at the 21st Intl. Conf. on Requirements Engineering, Rio, 2013.
Preprint: - D. Mendez Fernandez, B. Penzenstadler, M. Broy, J. Eckhardt, H. Femmer
AMDiRE – Artefact Model for Domain-independent RE – A Small Cheat Sheet.
Technical Report, Institut für Informatik, Technische Universität München, 2013. - D. Mendez Fernandez, S. Wagner
Naming the Pain in Requirements Engineering – Design of a Global Family of Surveys and First Results from Germany.
Technical Report, Institut für Informatik, Technische Universität München, 2013. - R. Steenweg, M. Kuhrmann, D. Mendez Fernandez
Software Engineering Process Metamodels – A Literature Review
Technical Report, Institut für Informatik, Technische Universität München, 2012.
Report: - D. Mendez Fernandez, M. Broy
Artefact Orientation: Concepts and Terms
Institut für Informatik, Technische Universität München, 2012. - M. Broy, C. Leuxner, D. Mendez Fernandez, L. Heinemann, B. Spanfelner, W. Mai, R. Schlör
Towards a Formal Engineering Approach for SOA
Technical Report, Institut für Informatik, Technische Universität München, 2010. - D. Mendez Fernandez, M. Kuhrmann
Artefact-based Requirements Engineering and its Integration into a Process Framework
Technical Report, Institut für Informatik, Technische Universität München, 2009.
Report: - M. Broy, A. Fleischmann, S. Islam, L. Kof, C. Leuxner, K. Lochmann, D. Mendez Fernandez, B. Penzenstadler, W. Sitou, S. Winter
Towards an Integrated Approach to Requirements Engineering
Technical Report, Institut für Informatik, Technische Universität München, 2009.
Report: - D Mendez Fernandez, Capgemini Technology Services
Quasar Requirements: Capgemini Requirements Engineering Methods
(Company) Standard, 2009 – Available on demand at Capgemini.
- S. Wagner, D. Mendez Fernandez, M. Kalinowski, M. Felderer
Requirements Engineering Practice and Problems in Agile Projects: Results from an International Survey
Poster presentation (presented by S. Wagner) at the International XP2016 Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2016. - D. Mendez Fernandez, R. Wieringa
Empirical Design Science for Artefact-based Requirements Engineering Improvement
Poster presentation at the 2nd Workshop on Experiences and Empirical Studies on Software Modeling (EESMOD), October 2012. - D. Mendez Fernandez, K. Lochmann, S. Wagner, A. Baumann, G. Koller
A Field Study on Requirements Engineering Artefacts and Patterns
Poster presentation (presented by S. Wagner) at the 3rd International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM), September 2009.
Florida, USA