A4 Refereed article in a conference publication
The Potential of Citizen Platforms for Requirements Engineering of Large Socio-Technical Software Systems
Authors: Ruohonen, Jukka; Hjerppe, Kalle
Editors: Hess, Anne; Susi, Angelo
Conference name: International Working Conference on Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
Publication year: 2025
Journal: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Book title : Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality: 31st International Working Conference, REFSQ 2025, Barcelona, Spain, April 7–10, 2025, Proceedings
Journal name in source: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume: 15588
First page : 295
Last page: 303
ISBN: 978-3-031-88530-3
eISBN: 978-3-031-88531-0
ISSN: 0302-9743
eISSN: 1611-3349
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-88531-0_21
Web address : https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-88531-0_21
Participatory citizen platforms are innovative solutions to digitally better engage citizens in policy-making and deliberative democracy in general. Although these platforms have been used also in an engineering context, thus far, there is no existing work for connecting the platforms to requirements engineering. The present paper fills this notable gap. In addition to discussing the platforms in conjunction with requirements engineering, the paper elaborates potential advantages and disadvantages, thus paving the way for a future pilot study in a software engineering context. With these engineering tenets, the paper also contributes to the research of large socio-technical software systems in a public sector context, including their implementation and governance.
