Practices, Challenges, and Opportunities When Inferring Requirements From Regulations in the FinTech Sector - An Industrial Study

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Main Authors: Elahidoost, Parisa, Mendez, Daniel, Unterkalmsteiner, Michael, Fischbach, Jannik, Feiler, Christian, Streit, Jonathan
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author Elahidoost, Parisa
Mendez, Daniel
Unterkalmsteiner, Michael
Fischbach, Jannik
Feiler, Christian
Streit, Jonathan
author_facet Elahidoost, Parisa
Mendez, Daniel
Unterkalmsteiner, Michael
Fischbach, Jannik
Feiler, Christian
Streit, Jonathan
contents [Context and motivation]: Understanding and interpreting regulatory norms and inferring software requirements from them is a critical step towards regulatory compliance, a matter of significant importance in various industrial sectors. [Question/ problem]: However, interpreting regulations still largely depends on individual legal expertise and experience within the respective domain, with little to no systematic methodologies and supportive tools to guide this practice. In fact, research in this area is too often detached from practitioners' experiences, rendering the proposed solutions not transferable to industrial practice. As we argue, one reason is that we still lack a profound understanding of industry- and domain-specific practices and challenges. [Principal ideas/ results]: We aim to close this gap and provide such an investigation at the example of the banking and insurance domain. We conduct an industrial multi-case study as part of a long-term academia-industry collaboration with a medium-sized software development and renovation company. We explore contemporary industrial practices and challenges when inferring requirements from regulations to support more problem-driven research. Our study investigates the complexities of requirement engineering in regulatory contexts, pinpointing various issues and discussing them in detail. We highlight the gathered insights and the practical challenges encountered and suggest avenues for future research. [Contribution]: Our contribution is a comprehensive case study focused on the FinTech domain, offering a detailed understanding of the specific needs within this sector. We have identified key practices for managing regulatory requirements in software development, and have pinpointed several challenges. We conclude by offering a set of recommendations for future problem-driven research directions.
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spellingShingle Practices, Challenges, and Opportunities When Inferring Requirements From Regulations in the FinTech Sector - An Industrial Study
Elahidoost, Parisa
Mendez, Daniel
Unterkalmsteiner, Michael
Fischbach, Jannik
Feiler, Christian
Streit, Jonathan
Software Engineering
[Context and motivation]: Understanding and interpreting regulatory norms and inferring software requirements from them is a critical step towards regulatory compliance, a matter of significant importance in various industrial sectors. [Question/ problem]: However, interpreting regulations still largely depends on individual legal expertise and experience within the respective domain, with little to no systematic methodologies and supportive tools to guide this practice. In fact, research in this area is too often detached from practitioners' experiences, rendering the proposed solutions not transferable to industrial practice. As we argue, one reason is that we still lack a profound understanding of industry- and domain-specific practices and challenges. [Principal ideas/ results]: We aim to close this gap and provide such an investigation at the example of the banking and insurance domain. We conduct an industrial multi-case study as part of a long-term academia-industry collaboration with a medium-sized software development and renovation company. We explore contemporary industrial practices and challenges when inferring requirements from regulations to support more problem-driven research. Our study investigates the complexities of requirement engineering in regulatory contexts, pinpointing various issues and discussing them in detail. We highlight the gathered insights and the practical challenges encountered and suggest avenues for future research. [Contribution]: Our contribution is a comprehensive case study focused on the FinTech domain, offering a detailed understanding of the specific needs within this sector. We have identified key practices for managing regulatory requirements in software development, and have pinpointed several challenges. We conclude by offering a set of recommendations for future problem-driven research directions.
title Practices, Challenges, and Opportunities When Inferring Requirements From Regulations in the FinTech Sector - An Industrial Study
topic Software Engineering
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.02867