Development of a methodical approach for requirements management in crosscompany networks (ReMAiN)

Purpose – Global competition and reduced development time of complex products are forcing companies to face constantly increasing challenges. In order to face these challenges and also to ensure the market position, several companies are merging to a corporate network or a cross-company network. This leads to new problems regarding the communication between the companies within this network as well as the holistic registration of requirements. The main objective of this paper is to present an approach for requirements management in cross-company networks, which is built on the model-based concept of System Engineering.
Design/methodology/approach – The system-theoretical approach for requirements management in cross-company networks has to assure that requirements of the different Stakeholder are collected, structured, weighted systemically and distributed to the right copartner. Furthermore, the tracking and updating of the requirements have to be realized.
Findings – In order to develop the innovative approach, first the present publications will be performed with a substantiated analysis and evaluation of requirements management approaches that already exist and are scientifically and practically in use.
Originality/value – The innovative concept is based on extensive international literature analysis and the results of international studies. The new approach establishes an innovative concept for requirements management for cross-company network, which combined concept stages of requirements management with Model Based Systems Engineering.

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Requirements Management, Cross-Company, Model Based Systems Engineering, Complexity.