A Meta-model for the Assessment of Non-Functional Requirement Size

M. Kassab; Maia Daneva; O. Ormandjieva

doi:10.1109/SEAA.2008.58

A Meta-model for the Assessment of Non-Functional Requirement Size

M. Kassab
, Maia Daneva
, O. Ormandjieva

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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Abstract

Non-functional requirements (NFRs) pose unique challenges in estimating the effort it would take to implement them. This is mainly because of their unique nature; NFRs are subjective, relative, interactive and tending to have a broad impact on the system as a whole. Nevertheless, it is crucial, when making decisions about the scope of software by given resources and budget, to furnish a justifying and quantitative analysis based on both Functional Requirements (FRs) and NFRs. This paper presents a meta-model which complements the FR dimension with the NFRs as another dimension to be used in effort estimation approaches. The meta-model is deployed to extend the use of the COSMIC functional size measurement method to measure the size of NFRs, as effort is a function of size. We report on a case study to demonstrate our approach in context.

Original language	Undefined
Title of host publication	34th EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA) - Software Management Track
Editors	R. Mirandola
Place of Publication	Los Alamitos
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	411-418
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	978-0-7695-3276-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SEAA.2008.58
Publication status	Published - 3 Sept 2008
Event	34th EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, SEAA 2008 - Parma, Italy Duration: 3 Sept 2008 → 5 Sept 2008 Conference number: 34

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Name
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society Press
Number	WoTUG-31

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Conference	34th EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, SEAA 2008
Abbreviated title	SEAA
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Parma
Period	3/09/08 → 5/09/08

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SCS-Services
METIS-254969
IR-65196
EWI-14561

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Kassab, M, Daneva, M & Ormandjieva, O 2008, A Meta-model for the Assessment of Non-Functional Requirement Size. in R Mirandola (ed.), 34th EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA) - Software Management Track., 10.1109/SEAA.2008.58, IEEE, Los Alamitos, pp. 411-418, 34th EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, SEAA 2008, Parma, Italy, 3/09/08. https://doi.org/10.1109/SEAA.2008.58

A Meta-model for the Assessment of Non-Functional Requirement Size. / Kassab, M.; Daneva, Maia; Ormandjieva, O.
34th EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA) - Software Management Track. ed. / R. Mirandola. Los Alamitos: IEEE, 2008. p. 411-418 10.1109/SEAA.2008.58.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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