a b software features, disruptive innovation, emerging new fields such as the Internet of Things and smart ecosystems, and radical enhancements to existing software all rely on one thing: ideas that reinvent our work context and work processes, and in turn lead to types of user experience that were unthinkable before. However, in this context of abundance of disruptive technology, established requirements elicitation techniques - such as those typically found in Requirements Engineering (RE) textbooks help identify only partly the requirements that an IT system should fulfill, or focus primarily on the incremental improvement of a system, all with little innovation potential. Many of the most used elicitation techniques have not been designed to serve the goal of innovative idea generation.
The purpose of the CreaRE workshop is to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas, experiences and research results concerning creativity in RE. The workshop is designed to foster active learning. First, the participants will learn from the speakers and from each other, as the workshop is discussiondriven. Second, the participants will gain hands-on experiences in applying creativity techniques themselves during the workshop.
A special goal for this edition of the CreaRE workshop is to celebrate its ten-year anniversary. Experts were invited to present their vision on the future of creativity in RE. Consequently, a track in 4. Program • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • the workshop is dedicated to reflecting on how the landscape has changed in the decade since CreaRE was first held in 2010, and discussing what the future role of creativity in RE might be.
include, but are not restricted to:
As the CreaRE workshop brings together the concepts of creativity and requirements, its topics Analyzing how the global Covid-19 pandemic has advanced creativity in doing RE, for example through changes in our communication, collaboration, co-creation, and tool use Creativity techniques / methods / formats to identify and weigh conflicting ethical concerns in the context of RE Creative use of techniques originally designed for other purposes, but now applied as RE techniques, and/or creativity enhancers, especially for requirements elicitation
The CreaRE 2021 program features three invited talks in the scope of the workshop’s 10th anniversary celebration, are followed by a research paper and an experience report: Marcus Trapp, Fraunhofer IESE: “Creative People are great Thieves with lousy Dealers” (Invited Expert) Kim Lauenroth, adesso AG & IREB: “Against Method – An essay on the importance of studying projects and results for more creativity in RE!” (Invited Expert)
Luisa Mich, University of Trento: “Choosing a Creativity Technique for Requirements
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