A pair-oriented requirements engineering approach for analysing multi-lingual requirements

Kamalrudin, Massila and Sidek, Safiah and Salleh, Norsaremah and Hosking, John and Grundy, John (2014) A pair-oriented requirements engineering approach for analysing multi-lingual requirements. In: First Asia Pacific Requirements Engineering Symposium (APRES 2014), 28-29 April 2014, Auckland, New Zealand.

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Abstract

Requirements written in multiple languages can lead to errorproneness, inconsistency and incorrectness. In a Malaysian setting, software engineers are exposed to both Malay and English requirements. This can be a challenging task for them especially when capturing and analyzing requirements. Further, they face difficulties to model requirements using semi-formal or formal models. This paper introduces a new approach, Pair-Oriented Requirements Engineering (PORE) that uses an Essential Use Case (EUC) model to capture and analyze multi-lingual requirements. This approach is intended to assist practitioners in developing correct and consistent requirements as well as developing teamwork skills. Two quasi-experiment studies involving 80 participants in the first study and 38 participants in a subsequent study were conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of this approach with respect to correctness and time spent in capturing multi-lingual requirements. It was found that PORE improves accuracy and hence helps users perform better in developing high quality requirements models.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Invited Papers)
Additional Information:	3705/37844, Print ISBN 978-3-662-43609-7, Online ISBN 978-3-662-43610-3, Series ISSN 1865-0929,DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-43610-3_12 -First Asia Pacific Requirements Engineering Symposium, APRES 2014, Auckland, New Zealand, April 28-29, 2014. Proceedings -Volume 432 2014
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Pair-Oriented, Analysing Requirements, Multi-lingual requirements
Subjects:	T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology > Department of Computer Science Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology > Department of Computer Science
Depositing User:	Dr Norsaremah Salleh
Date Deposited:	21 Aug 2014 15:17
Last Modified:	19 Jun 2017 10:58
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/37844

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