REFSQ 2025
Mon 7 - Thu 10 April 2025 Spain

This program is tentative and subject to change.

Context and motivation: Veracity Requirements are software requirements concerning truth, trust, authenticity, and demonstrability. Such requirements could be related to data, financial data, regulatory, process, and cultural dimensions. Question/problem: Sub-optimal decisions made w.r.t. veracity requirements in the development of software could lead to adverse consequences such as huge cost overruns, legal concerns, bad reputation, and the loss of customers. This is captured by the phenomenon, Veracity Debt'. This paper reports the results of a survey conducted with software practitioners to gather their perceptions on Veracity Requirements and quantifying Veracity Debt. Principal ideas/results: Results are promising since practitioners relate to the concepts discussed in the survey. They agree that quantifying the consequences of not fixing Veracity Debt instances helps make informed decisions. Legal liabilities, user feedback, team-level trust, reduced trust, impact on reputation, and loss of customers were among other factors to consider. Contribution: Coining the termVeracity Requirements Debt’ and insights gained from practitioners’ perceptions.

This program is tentative and subject to change.

Tue 8 Apr

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11:00 - 12:30
Research Track - Session R1 - Responsible REResearch Track at C2 - Sala Actes
11:00
20m
Talk
Towards a Value-Complemented Monitoring Framework for Humans in Cyber-Physical SystemsPreview Paper
Research Track
Zoe Pfister University of Innsbruck, Michael Vierhauser University of Innsbruck, Rebekka Wohlrab Chalmers University of Technology, Ruth Breu University of Innsbruck
Pre-print
11:20
20m
Talk
Towards Ethics-Driven Requirements Engineering: Integrating Critical Systems Heuristics and Ethical Guidelines for Autonomous VehiclesVision Paper
Research Track
Amna Pir Muhammad Chalmers | University of Gothenburg, Irum Inayat Chalmers | University of Gothenburg, Eric Knauss Chalmers | University of Gothenburg
11:40
30m
Talk
Veracity Debt: Practitioners Voices on Managing Software Requirements concerning VeracityEvaluation Paper
Research Track
Judith Perera University of Auckland, Ewan Tempero The University of Auckland, Yu-Cheng Tu The University of Auckland, Kelly Blincoe University of Auckland