DocumentCode :
3444462
Title :
An empirical study of a Qualitative Systematic Approach to Requirements Analysis (QSARA)
Author :
Al-Ani, Ban ; Edwards, Keith
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Inf. Technol., Technol. Univ., Sydney, NSW, Australia
fYear :
2004
fDate :
19-20 Aug. 2004
Firstpage :
177
Lastpage :
186
Abstract :
Stakeholders´ understanding of what is expected of a system evolves with the continuous review and revision of the requirements document. Problems arise when stakeholders have little understanding of the domain or the initial document is poorly structured. A Qualitative Systematic Approach to Requirements Analysis (QSARA) was developed to address these problems and others. An empirical study was conducted to determine whether QSARA achieved its objectives. This paper details empirical study design, identifies the resources allocated and presents statistical analysis of data gathered during the study. Evidence collected from seventy participants is also presented. The evidence supports research hypotheses that QSARA assists analysts to construct a more complete description of a system feature and identify interdependencies.
Keywords :
data analysis; formal specification; statistical analysis; systems analysis; data analysis; interdependency identification; qualitative analysis; qualitative systematic approach to requirements analysis; requirements document; stakeholders; statistical analysis; system feature description; Australia; Computer science; Data analysis; Information analysis; Information technology; Natural languages; Resource management; Software engineering; Statistical analysis;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Empirical Software Engineering, 2004. ISESE '04. Proceedings. 2004 International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2165-7
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ISESE.2004.1334905
Filename :
1334905
Link To Document :
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