A conceptual model can be an important instrument to support the software functional requirements elicitation because it promotes better understanding of a domain. However, the representation quality of the conceptual model depends on the expressivity of the language used. OntoUML is a proposed language to solve expressivity problems. Nevertheless, OntoUML models are complicated to build for no...

Quality characteristics are vital for the success of software systems. To remedy the problems inherent in ad hoc development, a framework has been developed to deal with non-functional requirements (quality requirements or NFRs). This framework takes the premise that the quality of a product depends on the quality of the process that leads from high-level NFRs to the product. The purpose of thi...

Architectural design plays a key role in software engineering. The software architecture is the backbone of the designed solution, it has the functional requirements of the system and satisfies the quality requirements. In our research, we put forward situated multiagent systems (situated MAS) as an approach to build distributed applications with demanding quality requirements such as flexibili...

We describe an approach for evaluating whether a candidate architecture dependably satisfies stakeholder requirements expressed in requirements-level scenarios. We map scenarios to architectural elements through an ontology of requirements-level event classes and domain entities. The scenarios express both functional requirements and quality attributes of the system; for quality attributes, the...

In today's embedded software systems development, non-functional requirements (e.g., dependability, maintainability) become more and more important. Simultaneously the increasing pressure for developing software in shorter time and at a lower cost pushes software industry towards product lines solutions. To support product lines for high quality embedded software, quality models are needed. In ...

Software Quality assurance is an important aspect of product development. Unlike the other engineering disciplines, software quality assurance does not have control [1]. The main objectives of SQA are acceptable levels of confidence, conformance to functional and technical requirements. It assures the acceptable levels of scheduling and budget requirements. This paper describes quality aspects ...

Although various application domains use requirements elicitation procedures to gather information and model the application domain, only a few guidelines mention the important characteristics that are essential for such procedures. This paper reports on identifying a set of characteristics for a functional requirements elicitation procedure within the higher education domain.

In today's embedded software systems development, non-functional requirements (e.g., dependability, maintainability) are becoming more and more important. Simultaneously the increasing pressure to develop software in less time and at lower costs pushes software industry towards product line’s solutions. To support product lines for high quality embedded software, quality models are needed. In t...

Popular notations for functional requirements specifications frequently ignore developers’ needs, target specific development models, or require translation of requirements into tests for verification; the results can give out-of-sync or downright incompatible artifacts. Seamless Requirements, a new approach to specifying functional requirements, contributes to developers’ understanding of requ...

INTRODUCTION / BACKGROUND: Audit requirements provide for software quality assurance and can be performed in different moments of its lifecycle. Functional and Non-Functional requirements relate each other at least once but in many cases at a higher rate, causing dependency and correlation effects that may increase the complexity of audit work. OBJECTIVES: Discuss methods to aid auditors for a ...