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<p>Requirements Engineering (RE) is a socio-technical process that relies on effective communication among stakeholders. Understanding how national cultural influences affect RE activities is crucial, given participants’ diverse cultural backgrounds. This paper presents a refined framework for identifying cultural influences (CIs) on RE-related activities and a web-based application developed to support it. The refined framework incorporates the latest Hofstede scores and covers nearly double the CIs compared to its earlier version. We evaluated the proposed framework against in-depth case studies from 8 countries (Australia, Thailand, China, Pakistan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and Bangladesh), where the CIs have been identified on the basis of surveys and interviews. Analysis showed the proposed framework consistently provided better coverage than the original. We extended the framework by assigning evidence-based confidence levels to each CIs based on the evaluation wrt. primary case studies. Our approach allows RE practitioners to evaluate and manage cultural impacts effectively. The framework provides a comprehensive analysis of national cultural influences and delivers more accurate and contextually relevant insights. The tool aids users in obtaining relevant national CIs, confidence levels, and summaries for a selected country. This enables stakeholders, practitioners, researchers, and educators to manage cultural dynamics effectively, enhancing RE-related activities.</p>

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Enhancing awareness of cultural influences on requirements engineering

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    2026年6月22日

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  • Chowdhury Shahriar Muzammel,
  • Maria Spichkova,
  • James Harland

摘要

Requirements Engineering (RE) is a socio-technical process that relies on effective communication among stakeholders. Understanding how national cultural influences affect RE activities is crucial, given participants’ diverse cultural backgrounds. This paper presents a refined framework for identifying cultural influences (CIs) on RE-related activities and a web-based application developed to support it. The refined framework incorporates the latest Hofstede scores and covers nearly double the CIs compared to its earlier version. We evaluated the proposed framework against in-depth case studies from 8 countries (Australia, Thailand, China, Pakistan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and Bangladesh), where the CIs have been identified on the basis of surveys and interviews. Analysis showed the proposed framework consistently provided better coverage than the original. We extended the framework by assigning evidence-based confidence levels to each CIs based on the evaluation wrt. primary case studies. Our approach allows RE practitioners to evaluate and manage cultural impacts effectively. The framework provides a comprehensive analysis of national cultural influences and delivers more accurate and contextually relevant insights. The tool aids users in obtaining relevant national CIs, confidence levels, and summaries for a selected country. This enables stakeholders, practitioners, researchers, and educators to manage cultural dynamics effectively, enhancing RE-related activities.