Proto-a software requirements specification, analysis and validation tool

Author

Burns, Carla

Author_Institution

Rome Air Dev. Center, NY, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

4-7 Jun 1990

Firstpage

196

Lastpage

203

Abstract

Software requirements are precise statements of need intended to convey an understanding about a desired result. Initially, software requirements must be derived, captured on paper and interpreted by developers. However, such specifications are large, English-like documents which are often ambiguous, imprecise and incomplete. Consequently, the results are large software investments which do not satisfy the needs of the final users. A study performed by IBM, TRW, GTE and Bell Labs revealed that the more costly problems of software development arise in the definition of software requirements, not in the actual production of code

Keywords

software prototyping; software tools; English-like documents; Proto; ambiguous; definition of software requirements; imprecise; incomplete; problems of software development; software analysis tool; software requirements specification; software validation tool; Error correction; Investments; Production; Programming; Prototypes; Software algorithms; Software performance; Software prototyping; Software tools; System software;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Rapid System Prototyping, 1990. Shortening the Path from Specification to Prototype, First International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Research Triangle Park, NC

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2175-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWRSP.1990.144059

Filename

144059