CERE'07 logo The Fifth International Workshop on Comparative Evaluation in Requirements Engineering
New Delhi, India
October 16, 2007

Held in conjunction with the
15th IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering (RE'07).
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Tuesday, October 16, 2007
9.00–9.15 Welcome and introduction
9.15–10.15 Keynote address:  "Test the Theory Not the Tool"
Steve Easterbrook, University of Toronto

[slides] from the related tutorial
10.15–10.30 Organization of breakout groups
10.30–11.00 Coffee
11.00–12.30 Paper Session 1:  Comparing Two Alternatives
 
Paper #1:  An Empirical Study to Compare the Accuracy of AHP and CBRanking Techniques for Requirements Prioritization by Anna Perini, Filippo Ricca, Angelo Susi, and Cinzia Bazzanella [slides]
Discussant replies
Open discussion
 
Paper #2:  Are Use Cases Beneficial for Developers Using Agile Requirements? by Rosalva E. Gallardo-Valencia, Vivian Olivera, and Susan Elliott Sim [slides]
Discussant replies
Open discussion
12.30–2.00 Lunch
2.00–3.30 Paper Session 2:  Broader Questions
 
Paper #3:  Clarity for Stakeholders: Empirical Evaluation of ScenarioML, Use Cases, and Sequence Diagrams by Thomas A. Alspaugh, Susan Elliott Sim, Kristina Winbladh, Mamadou H. Diallo, Leila Naslavsky, Hadar Ziv, and Debra J. Richardson
Discussant replies
Open discussion
 
Paper #4:  Designing Requirements Engineering Research by Roel Wieringa and Hans Heerkens [slides]
Discussant replies
Open discussion
3.30–4.00 Coffee
4.00–5.00 Break-out group meetings
5.00–5.30 Group reports and wrap-up
Conclusion

Discussant assignments (see Workshop format):
Paper # To be discussed by authors of paper #s
1 2 & 3
2 3 & 4
3 4 & 1
4 1 & 2

A copy of a template slide for use by discussants is available in ppt and pdf format.