Title :
Analyzing the impact of changing requirements
Author :
Neal, James S O ; Carver, Doris L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Abstract :
Determining the impact of requirement changes on software development is critical to project management. We present an impact analysis method to evaluate requirement changes for software development projects that is based on requirements traceability. By using attributes of the work products and traces, we create classes of requirement changes prioritized according to the potential impact. We present a case study that shows a favorable comparison between the actual impact and the predicted impact. Finally, we discuss the expansion of the method
Keywords :
formal specification; project management; software development management; project management; requirement changes; requirements traceability; software development; software development projects; Computer science; Electrical capacitance tomography; Laboratories; Product development; Production; Programming; Project management; Software development management;
Conference_Titel :
Software Maintenance, 2001. Proceedings. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Florence
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1189-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICSM.2001.972729
