Title :
Requirements engineering methodologies for COTS systems
Author_Institution :
Capella Univ., Minneapolis, MN
Abstract :
Commercial off-the-shelf software components are becoming more and more important in the information technology infrastructure of organizations. Many organizations still rely upon a software development lifecycle that is better suited for from scratch development. The requirements methodologies that can be used in an off-the-shelf environment are still in development and need to be refined. This paper examines where the current methodologies stand in regards to a commercial off-the-shelf environmentpsilas sound requirements engineering methodology. It also calls for research in specific areas of requirements engineering and the development of a ldquocookbookrdquo that would give industry practitioners a step-by step guide to properly gather and use requirements.
Keywords :
formal specification; software cost estimation; software packages; software prototyping; COTS system; commercial off-the-shelf software component; organizational information technology infrastructure; requirements engineering methodology; software development cost reduction; software development lifecycle reduction; Acoustical engineering; Application software; Business; Companies; Costs; Information technology; Natural languages; Programming; Refining; Software systems; Requirements engineering; commercial off-the-shelf; software development;
Conference_Titel :
Electro/Information Technology, 2008. EIT 2008. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ames, IA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2029-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2030-8
DOI :
10.1109/EIT.2008.4554350