Title :
Quantifying non-functional requirements: a process oriented approach
Author :
Hill, Raquel ; Wang, Jun ; Nahrstedt, Klara
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Illinois Univ. Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
Abstract :
In this work, we propose a framework for quantifying non-functional requirements (NFRs). This framework uses quality characteristics of the execution domain, application domain and component architectures to refine qualitative requirements into quantifiable ones. Conflicts are resolved during the refinement process and more concrete non-functional requirements are produced.
Keywords :
formal specification; object-oriented programming; software architecture; software quality; application domain; component architecture; execution domain; nonfunctional requirements; process oriented approach; qualitative requirements; refinement process; Computer science; Hardware; Security; Software engineering; Statistics; Systems engineering and theory;
Conference_Titel :
Requirements Engineering Conference, 2004. Proceedings. 12th IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2174-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICRE.2004.1335697