A Framework For Empirical Investigation To Attain Cost Effective Software Requirements Though Negotiation.
ABSTRACT
Software requirements are not simply collected or obtained. The process is
called 'elicit' and eliciting software requirements is challenging due to the
exjstence of multiple resources with multiple perspectives. Requirements
e licitation acquires appropriate techniques a nd skills in order to get the right
requirements. In genera l, the set of requirements must describe the
stakeholders' needs to ease their business processes and must be feasible in
order to be realized within time, cost and technology constraints. The
requ irements statement is the basis for every project, defining what the
stakeholders need and a lso what the system must do in order to satisfy that
need. Further, defects in requirements are the most numerous in the software
lifecycle and also the most expensive and time-consuming to correct.
Therefore, it is crucial to minimize defects in requirements to save later effort
to correct them. One promising approach to attain cost effective software
requirements is to introduce formal negotiation.
This research focuses on
providing a framework for empirical study to estimate the benefit of
negotiation. Benefits come in savings of rework when a defect has to be
detected and removed at a later stage of development or operation. The benefit
rrom savings depends on the severity of the defect and the impact it would
have had o n the development project; this may vary with the development
phase in which it would have surfaced. The framework attempts to provide a
guide line to empirically assess the effectiveness of requirements e lic itation
practice in order to reduce the number of defects and therefore estimates the
savings res ulting from negotiation. The reduction of defects here is presented
in the terms of econom ic benefit o btained through negotiation.
(Keywords: software requirements negotiation, cost-benefit analysis, empirical investigation)
Key Researchers:
Dr. Sabrina Ahmad
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Azah Kamilah Muda @ Draman
Email : [email protected]
Telno: 06-331 6637
Tel no : 06-33 1 6597
Noor Azilah Muda @ Draman
Email : [email protected]
Zahriah Othman
Email: [email protected]
Telno:06-3316638
Tel no:06-3316692
Ill
Software requirements are not simply collected or obtained. The process is
called 'elicit' and eliciting software requirements is challenging due to the
exjstence of multiple resources with multiple perspectives. Requirements
e licitation acquires appropriate techniques a nd skills in order to get the right
requirements. In genera l, the set of requirements must describe the
stakeholders' needs to ease their business processes and must be feasible in
order to be realized within time, cost and technology constraints. The
requ irements statement is the basis for every project, defining what the
stakeholders need and a lso what the system must do in order to satisfy that
need. Further, defects in requirements are the most numerous in the software
lifecycle and also the most expensive and time-consuming to correct.
Therefore, it is crucial to minimize defects in requirements to save later effort
to correct them. One promising approach to attain cost effective software
requirements is to introduce formal negotiation.
This research focuses on
providing a framework for empirical study to estimate the benefit of
negotiation. Benefits come in savings of rework when a defect has to be
detected and removed at a later stage of development or operation. The benefit
rrom savings depends on the severity of the defect and the impact it would
have had o n the development project; this may vary with the development
phase in which it would have surfaced. The framework attempts to provide a
guide line to empirically assess the effectiveness of requirements e lic itation
practice in order to reduce the number of defects and therefore estimates the
savings res ulting from negotiation. The reduction of defects here is presented
in the terms of econom ic benefit o btained through negotiation.
(Keywords: software requirements negotiation, cost-benefit analysis, empirical investigation)
Key Researchers:
Dr. Sabrina Ahmad
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Azah Kamilah Muda @ Draman
Email : [email protected]
Telno: 06-331 6637
Tel no : 06-33 1 6597
Noor Azilah Muda @ Draman
Email : [email protected]
Zahriah Othman
Email: [email protected]
Telno:06-3316638
Tel no:06-3316692
Ill