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

Kassab, M. and Daneva, M. and Ormandjieva, O. (2008) A Meta-model for the Assessment of Non-Functional Requirement Size. In: 34th EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA) - Software Management Track, 3-5 Sept 2008, Parma, Italy.

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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.
Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item
Faculty:	Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS)
Research Group:	Information Systems (IS)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/65196
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SEAA.2008.58
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