@inproceedings{91f2212b5bca4b518583f264bec60d42,
title = "A position paper proposing behavioral solutions to challenges in software development projects",
abstract = "Based on empirical evidence, acquired in two experiments, we argue in this position paper that cognitive biases play a role in software engineering. Our research has targeted mainly the problem of over-requirement, which refers to specifying a system beyond the actual needs of the customer. The results of our experiments have demonstrated the impact of four cognitive biases in the context of software development, showing their connection to over-requirement, as well as over-scoping and time-underestimation. We further argue that accounting for cognitive biases in the software development context is not enough and that it is important, in both the practice and research arenas, to investigate solutions that already proved effective in reducing cognitive biases in other contexts. This paper contributes to a better understanding of some of the cognitive processes underlying software engineering, focusing on improvement of software development activities toward better performance and higher quality.",
keywords = "Endowment effect, I-designedit-myself effect, IKEA effect, Over-requirement, Planning-fallacy",
author = "Ofira Shmueli and Nava Pliskin and Lior Fink",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015.; 2nd International Workshop on Advances in Services Design based on the Notion of Capabiliy, ASDENCA 2015, 3rd International Workshop on Cognitive Aspects of Information Systems Engineering, COGNISE 2015, 1st International Workshop on Digital Business In... ; Conference date: 08-06-2015 Through 09-06-2015",
year = "2015",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-19243-7\_9",
language = "American English",
series = "Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
pages = "94--99",
editor = "Anne Persson and Janis Stirna",
booktitle = "Advanced Information Systems Engineering Workshops - CAiSE 2015 International Workshops, Proceedings",
address = "Germany",
}