Identifying Modularity Improvement Opportunities in Goal-Oriented Requirements Models

Catarina Gralha; Miguel Carlos Pacheco Afonso Goulão; João Baptista da Silva Araújo Júnior

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-07881-6_7

Identifying Modularity Improvement Opportunities in Goal-Oriented Requirements Models

Catarina Gralha, Miguel Carlos Pacheco Afonso Goulão, João Baptista da Silva Araújo Júnior

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Abstract

Goal-oriented Requirements Engineering approaches have become popular in the Requirements Engineering community as they provide expressive model elements for requirements elicitation and analysis. However, as a common challenge, they are still struggling when it comes to managing the accidental complexity of their models. In this paper, we provide a set of metrics, which are formally specified and have tool support, to measure and analyze the complexity of goal models, in particular i*models. The aim is to identify refactoring opportunities to improve the modularity of those models, and consequently reduce their complexity. We evaluate these metrics by applying them to a set of well-known case studies from industry and academia. Our results allow the identification of refactoring opportunities in the evaluated models.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	26th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2014
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	91-104
Volume	8484
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-07881-6
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-07880-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07881-6_7
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2014
Event	26th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering - Duration: 1 Jan 2014 → …

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Volume	8484
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	0302-9743

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Conference	26th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering
Period	1/01/14 → …

Keywords

Goal-Or

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Best Paper Award at CAISE 2014
Goulão, Miguel Carlos Pacheco Afonso (Recipient), Jun 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

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Gralha, C., Goulão, M. C. P. A., & Júnior, J. B. D. S. A. (2014). Identifying Modularity Improvement Opportunities in Goal-Oriented Requirements Models. In 26th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2014 (Vol. 8484, pp. 91-104). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 8484). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07881-6_7

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Gralha, C, Goulão, MCPA & Júnior, JBDSA 2014, Identifying Modularity Improvement Opportunities in Goal-Oriented Requirements Models. in 26th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2014. vol. 8484, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 8484, Springer Verlag, pp. 91-104, 26th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, 1/01/14. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07881-6_7

Identifying Modularity Improvement Opportunities in Goal-Oriented Requirements Models. / Gralha, Catarina; Goulão, Miguel Carlos Pacheco Afonso ; Júnior, João Baptista da Silva Araújo.
26th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2014. Vol. 8484 Springer Verlag, 2014. p. 91-104 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 8484).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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