The Potential of Citizen Platforms for Requirements Engineering of Large Socio-Technical Software Systems

Jukka Ruohonen; Kalle Hjerppe

doi:10.48550/arXiv.2410.03195

The Potential of Citizen Platforms for Requirements Engineering of Large Socio-Technical Software Systems

Jukka Ruohonen^*, Kalle Hjerppe

^*Kontaktforfatter

University of Turku

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Abstract

Participatory citizen platforms are innovative solutions to digitally better engage citizens in policy-making and deliberative democracy in general. Although these platforms have been used also in an engineering context, thus far, there is no existing work for connecting the platforms to requirements engineering. The present paper fills this notable gap. In addition to discussing the platforms in conjunction with requirements engineering, the paper elaborates potential advantages and disadvantages, thus paving the way for a future pilot study in a software engineering context. With these engineering tenets, the paper also contributes to the research of large socio-technical software systems in a public sector context, including their implementation and governance.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Titel	Requirements Engineering : Foundation for Software Quality - 31st International Working Conference, REFSQ 2025, Proceedings
Redaktører	Anne Hess, Angelo Susi
Forlag	Springer
Publikationsdato	2025
Sider	295-303
ISBN (Trykt)	9783031885303
DOI	https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2410.03195 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-88531-0_21
Status	Udgivet - 2025
Begivenhed	31st International Working Conference on Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality, REFSQ 2025 - Barcelona, Spanien Varighed: 7. apr. 2025 → 10. apr. 2025

Konference

Konference	31st International Working Conference on Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality, REFSQ 2025
Land/Område	Spanien
By	Barcelona
Periode	07/04/2025 → 10/04/2025

Navn	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Vol/bind	15588 LNCS
ISSN	0302-9743

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Ruohonen, J., & Hjerppe, K. (2025). The Potential of Citizen Platforms for Requirements Engineering of Large Socio-Technical Software Systems. I A. Hess, & A. Susi (red.), Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality - 31st International Working Conference, REFSQ 2025, Proceedings (s. 295-303). Springer. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2410.03195, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-88531-0_21

Ruohonen, Jukka ; Hjerppe, Kalle. / The Potential of Citizen Platforms for Requirements Engineering of Large Socio-Technical Software Systems. Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality - 31st International Working Conference, REFSQ 2025, Proceedings. red. / Anne Hess ; Angelo Susi. Springer, 2025. s. 295-303 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Bind 15588 LNCS).

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