REFSQ 2024
Mon 8 - Thu 11 April 2024 Winterthur, Switzerland
Tue 9 Apr 2024 16:00 - 16:40 at Blauer Saal - Crowd-based RE (R5) Chair(s): Oliver Karras

[Context/Motivation] Crowd-based Requirements Engineering (CrowdRE) promises to overcome limitations of traditional requirements engineering by actively involving a larger number of users. A common theme in CrowdRE research is the development and deployment of online platforms where users can autonomously provide their feedback about software. [Problems] However, current platforms only provide minimal guidance regarding the topics men-tioned in the feedback. Therefore it is difficult to map the feedback to existing requirements and identify gaps. [Principal ideas] To address the problems, we present a systematic process for collecting feedback through a variety of structured questions and an online platform which supports the process. We evaluate the process and the platform in the large-scale interdisciplinary research project SMART-AGE. [Contribution] To our best knowledge, this is the first platform that gathers feedback from a large number of users simultaneously through structured queries. Our contributions include a tailored list of questions for feedback collection, an analysis of the user feedback giving behaviour, a comparison of our feedback quality to other platforms and an evaluation of the user acceptance. Our findings indicate that both the quality and quantity of feedback are high, with variations based on the kind of the questions. Additionally, our platform is well accepted by its users.

Tue 9 Apr

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16:00 - 17:30
Crowd-based RE (R5)Research Track at Blauer Saal
Chair(s): Oliver Karras TIB - Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology
16:00
40m
Talk
Channeling the Voice of the Crowd: Applying Structured Queries in User Feedback CollectionTechnical design
Research Track
A: Leon Radeck Heidelberg University, P: Barbara Paech Heidelberg University, D: Quim Motger Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
16:40
40m
Talk
Unveiling Competition Dynamics in Mobile App Markets through User ReviewsTechnical design
Research Track
P: Quim Motger Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, A: Xavier Franch Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, A: Vincenzo Gervasi University of Pisa, A: Jordi Marco Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, D: Barbara Paech Heidelberg University
Pre-print