TY - GEN
T1 - Characterization of functional software requirements space
T2 - 2012 20th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2012
AU - Ghazarian, Arbi
PY - 2012/12/12
Y1 - 2012/12/12
N2 - This paper reports on a large-scale empirical multiple-case study that aimed to characterize the requirements space in the domain of web-based Enterprise Systems (ES). Results from this study, among others, showed that, on the average, about 85% of all the software functionalities in the studied domain are specified using a small core set of five requirements classes even though the results of the study hint at a larger set of nine requirements classes that should be covered. The study also uncovered a law describing the growth pattern of the emerging requirements classes in software domains. According to this law, the emergence of the classes in a requirements taxonomic scheme for a particular domain, independent of the order in which specifications of requirements in that domain are analyzed, includes a rapid initial growth phase, where the majority of the requirements classes are identified, followed by a rapid slow-down phase with periods of no growth (i.e., the stabilization phase).
AB - This paper reports on a large-scale empirical multiple-case study that aimed to characterize the requirements space in the domain of web-based Enterprise Systems (ES). Results from this study, among others, showed that, on the average, about 85% of all the software functionalities in the studied domain are specified using a small core set of five requirements classes even though the results of the study hint at a larger set of nine requirements classes that should be covered. The study also uncovered a law describing the growth pattern of the emerging requirements classes in software domains. According to this law, the emergence of the classes in a requirements taxonomic scheme for a particular domain, independent of the order in which specifications of requirements in that domain are analyzed, includes a rapid initial growth phase, where the majority of the requirements classes are identified, followed by a rapid slow-down phase with periods of no growth (i.e., the stabilization phase).
KW - Empirical Study
KW - Enterprise Systems
KW - Functional Requirements Taxonomy
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U2 - 10.1109/RE.2012.6345810
DO - 10.1109/RE.2012.6345810
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84870699894
SN - 9781467327855
T3 - 2012 20th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2012 - Proceedings
SP - 241
EP - 250
BT - 2012 20th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2012 - Proceedings
Y2 - 24 September 2012 through 28 September 2012
ER -