Competence and Performance in Requirements Engineering: Bringing Learning to the Workplace
Tobias Ley, Barbara Kump, Stefanie Lindstaedt, Dietrich Albert, Neil Maiden, Sara Jones · 2006
Abstract. Challenges for learning in knowledge work are being discussed. These include the challenge to better support self-directed learning while addressing the organizational goals and constraints at the same time, and providing guidance for learning. The use of competencies is introduced as a way to deal with these challenges. Specifically, the competence performance approach offers ways to better leverage organizational context and to support informal learning interventions. A case study illustrates the application of the competence performance approach for the learning domain of requirements engineering. We close with conclusions and an outlook on future work. Learning in Knowledge Work: The APOSDLE Approach With the term knowledge worker we refer to an employee of an organisation whose essential operational and value creating tasks consists in the production and distribution of knowledge (Machlup, 1962). Knowledge Workers are predominantly controlled by overall goals and expected results instead of defined procedures. Thus, they have significant autonomy in structuring their activities (such as timing and