@inproceedings {EmpiRE2013,
	title = {Specifying a Framework for Evaluating Requirements Engineering Technology: Challenges and Lessons Learned},
	journal = {3rd International Workshop on Empirical Requirements Engineering (EmpiRE 2013)},
	year = {2013},
	publisher = {IEEE},
	type = {Workshop},
	abstract = {Evaluating requirements engineering technology is a challenging activity. It becomes even more difficult when having to evaluate the technology and thus to show its suitability in real settings, as access to industrial resources might be limited and the target domain might be complex or very sensitive. This paper reports on our experience in specifying an evaluation framework for requirements engineering technology. The technology aims to improve safety assurance and certification practices, and is being developed in the scope of a large-scale European research project. We focus on presenting the challenges encountered and the lessons learned while specifying the framework. These lessons summarise how we addressed, plan to address, or propose to address the challenges. This information can be useful for other researchers and practitioners that have to evaluate requirements engineering technology in general, and with industry and for safety assurance and certification in particular.},
	author = {Jose Luis {de la Vara} and Falessi, Davide and Verhulst, Eric},
	editor = {Daneva, M. and Conte, T. and Marczak, S. and Susi, A. and Pastor, O. and Marchetto, A.}
}
@inproceedings {EmpiRE2012,
	title = {Towards Customer-Based Requirements Engineering Practices},
	journal = {2012 IEEE Second International Workshop on Empirical Requirements Engineering (EmpiRE)},
	year = {2012},
	publisher = {IEEE},
	type = {Workshop},
	abstract = {Factors related to the requirements engineering process and customers have been repeatedly reported among those that most strongly influence the success of a software project. However, requirements engineering research has so far barely studied practice from a customer-based perspective. Furthermore, rigorous evidence about customers\&$\#$39; perspectives regarding requirements engineering approaches is scarce, and links between customer-based requirements engineering research and the industrial practices are necessary. This paper argues that new research is necessary to tackle the above weaknesses. Our position is that: requirements specification approaches must be validated from a customer-based perspective; the influence of customers\&$\#$39; characteristics on the requirements engineering process must be studied in more depth; and potential customer-based improvements in practice must be assessed. We also present situations in which the results from these activities would help practitioners, propose a research agenda to execute these activities, and discuss challenges that might hinder their execution.},
	author = {Jose Luis {de la Vara} and Hoyos, Luis and Collado, Enrique and Sabetzadeh, Mehrdad},
	editor = {Daneva, M. and Damian, D. and Dieste, O. and Marchetto, A. and Pastor, O.}
}
