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Requirements engineering can use a lot of techniques to gather the users' needs. However, currently there are few practical guidelines and criteria for selecting techniques in a software development project. This paper tries to know the vision that novice requirements engineers have about the effectiveness of requirements elicitation techniques and compare it with the requirements experts' vision. To carry out the comparison, repertory grid technique was used. This technique allows knowing indirectly the subject's opinion on the techniques. The results show a substantial difference between both visions with regard to the techniques and elicitation context. This implies that a more extensive training, and primarily practice, is necessary in order for novice engineers to recognize differences in techniques effectiveness and decide with greater certainty about the most appropriate techniques to use in requirements elicitation sessions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In recent years, the reduction in the number of engineering first semester students has raised concerns in the main universities of the metropolitan area of Cali. Through a micro-economical approach, the current work analyzes the most influential factors affecting the decision to study an engineering career. For such purpose, we used a sample of 1,025 first semester students registered at Pontificia Universidad Javenana of Cali during the 2006-1,2006-2 and 2007-1 periods. The information was analyzed through a logit multinomial model. The results indicate that good experiences in mathematics and an outstanding academic performance self-concept regarding that area increase the odds of opting for engineering studies. Likewise, engineering students are more likely to be men who have not previously registered for any other career, and whose parents suggested the decision. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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