A Knowledge Management Framework of Using a Learning Management System, Web 2.0 and Case-based Reasoning in Require-ment Engineering Education

Requirement engineering education and training are included into engineering curriculum by many universities. However, as many issues exist during the process of requirement engineering, educators have not reached an agreement about how requirement engineering principles, skills and practices can be best taught and learned. In an effort to improve and enhance requirement engineering education, we propose a knowledge management framework that uses several technologies, including case-based reasoning, a learning management system and Web 2.0 tools to address some of the issues in requirement engineering. A prototype has been implemented to demonstrate the feasibility and value of this framework. The proposed framework not only makes a useful contribution for improving requirement engineering education but also provides a new approach for requirement engineering professionals and users to learn from and communicate with each other so as to develop a shared understanding of the system requirement specifications.