Title :
Measuring complexity and completeness of KAOS goal models
Author :
Espada, Patricia ; Goulão, Miguel ; Araujo, Joao
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Inf., Univ. Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Abstract :
KAOS is one of the most well-known goal-oriented requirements engineering approaches. Nevertheless, building large KAOS models sometimes results in incomplete and/or complex requirements models that are difficult to understand and maintain. These shortcomings often lead to an increase in costs of product development and evolution. Therefore, for large-scale systems, the ability to manage the complexity and completeness of KAOS models is essential. In this paper, we propose a metrics suite for supporting the quantitative assessment of KAOS models complexity and completeness, in order to support their early identification. We apply the metrics to an example taken from a health club system specification.
Keywords :
formal specification; health care; KAOS goal models; completeness measurement; complexity measurement; goal-oriented requirements engineering approach; health club system specification; quantitative assessment; Access control; Analytical models; Atmospheric modeling; Complexity theory; Computational modeling; Measurement; Object oriented modeling; Goal-Oriented Requirements Engineering; Model Completeness; Model Complexity; Requirements Metrics;
Conference_Titel :
Empirical Requirements Engineering (EmpiRE), 2011 First International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Trento
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1075-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1076-6
DOI :
10.1109/EmpiRE.2011.6046252