Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Evaluation Framework of Requirements Engineering Tools for Verification and Validation

  • Conference paper
Advanced Conceptual Modeling Techniques (ER 2002)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNCS,volume 2784))

Included in the following conference series:

Abstract

This paper presents an evaluation framework for requirements engineering tools (RETs). We provide a list of qualitative requirements to guide the cus-tomer in evaluating the appropriateness and features functionality of RET. Verification and validation (V&V) activities should be an on-going process throughout life cycle of system development. The paper discusses the framework for evaluating the requirements engineering tools capability for V&V. We tested our proposed evaluation framework on eight different com-mercial requirements engineering tools. Proposed framework guides the participants (developers and end-users) in evaluating the RET features for assess-ing the accuracy of RE process.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  1. Bielkowicz, P., Tun, T.T.: A Comparison and Evolution of Data Requirement Specification Techniques in SSADM and Unified Process. In: Dittrich, K.R., Geppert, A., Norrie, M.C. (eds.) CAiSE 2001. LNCS, vol. 2068, pp. 46–59. Springer, Heidelberg (2001)

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  2. Caliber-RM, http://www.starbase.com/

  3. CORE: A Guided Tour. Release 3.0. 12 (2000), http://www.vtcorp.com/productline.html

  4. Cradle: Cradle User Guide & Tutorial, http://www.threesl.com/

  5. Davis, A.M.: Software requirements. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs (1993)

    MATH  Google Scholar 

  6. DOORS: Using DOORS, 12.06.2001, http://www.telelogic.com/

  7. Duitoit, A.H., Paech, B.: Developing Guidance and Tool Support for Rationale-based Use Case Specification. In: Proceedings REFSQ 2001, Interlaken, Switzerland (2001)

    Google Scholar 

  8. Evans, J.R., Lindsay, W.M.: The Management and Control of Quality. 5th edn. South- Western (Thomson Learning), Cincinnati, Ohio (2002)

    Google Scholar 

  9. Gordjin, J., Akkermans, H., van Vliet, H.: Business Modelling is not Process Modelling. In: Proceedings ECOMO 2000, Salt Lake City, USA (2000)

    Google Scholar 

  10. INCOSE: Tools Survey: Requirements Management (RM) Tools by International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) (checked: 06.09.2002) http://www.incose.org/tools/tooltax.html

  11. Kotonya, G., Sommerville, I.: Requirements Engineering: Processes and Techniques. Wiley, Chichester (1998)

    Google Scholar 

  12. Krogstie, J.: Integrating the understanding of Quality in requirements Specification and Conceptual Modeling. Software Engineering Notes 23(1), 89–91 (1998)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  13. LaBudde, E.V.: Finding the Right Off-the-Shelf Requirements Management Tool, MDDI, p. 48 (October 1997) (checked: 06.09.2002) http://www.devicelink.com/mddi/archive/97/10/013.html

  14. Lang, M., Duggan, J.: A tool to support collaborative software requirements management. Requirement Engineering 6, 161–172 (2001)

    Article  MATH  Google Scholar 

  15. Lindland, O.I., Sindre, G., Sølvberg, A.: Understanding Quality in Conceptual Modelling. IEEE Software 11(2), 42–49 (1994)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  16. Loucopoulos, P., Karakostas, V.: System Requirements Engineering. McGraw-Hill, New York (1995)

    Google Scholar 

  17. Maiden, N.A., Ncube, C.: Acquiring COTS Software Selection Requirements. IEEE Software, 46–56 (1998)

    Google Scholar 

  18. Moody, D.L., Shanks, G.G.: Improving the Quality of Data Models: Empirical Validation of a Quality Management Framework. International Journal of Information Systems (in press)

    Google Scholar 

  19. Nguyen, L., Swatman, P.A.: Managing the Requirements Engineering Process. In: Proceedings REFSQ 2001, Interlaken, Switzerland (2001)

    Google Scholar 

  20. Pohl, K.: The three dimensions of requirements engineering: a framework and its applications. Information systems 19(3), 243–258 (1994)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  21. RDT: Product Overview, http://www.igatech.com/rdt/

  22. RequisitePro: Rational RequisitePro v2002. Evaluators Guide with a Requirements Management Overview (2002), http://www.rational.com/

  23. Hommes, B.J., van Reijswoud, V.: Assessing the Quality of Business Process Modelling Techniques. In: Proceedings of the 33rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (2000)

    Google Scholar 

  24. Urquhart, C.: Analysts and client in organizational contexts: a conversational perspective. Journal of Strategic Information Systems 10, 243–262 (2001)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  25. VitalLink: Vital Link Tutorial & Help, http://www.complianceautomation.com/

  26. Wiegers K. E.: Automating Requirements Management. (checked: 06.09.2002), http://www.processimpact.com/articles/rm_tools.html

  27. XTie-RT: Cross Tie, Version 3.1.03 Tutorial, http://www.tbe.com/

  28. Zave, P., Jackson, M.: Four dark corns of requirements engineering. ACM Transaction on Software Engineering and Methodology 6(1), 1–30 (1997)

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Dept. of Computer and Information Science, Norwegian Univ. of Science and Technology, Sem Sælands vei 7-9, NO-7491, Trondheim, Norway

    Raimundas Matulevičius & Darijus Strašunskas

Authors
  1. Raimundas Matulevičius
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Darijus Strašunskas
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Computer Architecture Department, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain

    Antoni Olivé

  2. Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Yoshida Honmachi, Sakyo, 606-8501, Kyoto, Japan

    Masatoshi Yoshikawa

  3. Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, M5S 3E4, Canada

    Eric S. K. Yu

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2003 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

About this paper

Cite this paper

Matulevičius, R., Strašunskas, D. (2003). Evaluation Framework of Requirements Engineering Tools for Verification and Validation. In: Olivé, A., Yoshikawa, M., Yu, E.S.K. (eds) Advanced Conceptual Modeling Techniques. ER 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2784. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-45275-1_23

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-45275-1_23

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-540-20255-4

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-540-45275-1

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation