Impact of Korean culture on the selection of RE elicitation methods

Abstract

Requirements Engineering (RE) relies on frequent cooperation and exchange between multiple stakeholder and RE-engineers in order to elicit, analyse, specify, manage and document requirements. Culture shapes the way in which people communicate, adopt techniques, methods and practices. Due to the cooperation-intensive nature of requirements elicitation the cultural background of all involved participants might strongly influence the outcome. This exploratory research investigates the influence of culture on requirements elicitation. The main source of information are qualitative, semi-structured interviews that were conducted with three participants from a large-scale consumer electronics manufacturing company in Korea. The research identified 10 cultural aspects of the Korean culture that show an impact on requirements elicitation.