Methodology of evaluating the sufficiency of information on quality in the software requirements specifications

Development of an intelligent agent for analysis of nonfunctional characteristics in specifications of software requirements

“…Consequently, the process of this study should include assessment of the extent to which the specification reflects information about the target software. Particular attention is required to the requirements that characterize nonfunctional characteristics of software [5].…”

“…One of solutions in assessing sufficiency of information in specifications of software requirements is presented in studies [5,13] in which theoretical and applied principles of information technology for assessing sufficiency of quality information contained in the specifications of software requirements are proposed. The principles developed in [5,13] are aimed at determining sufficiency of information on quality in the software requirements but automation of such evaluation is not realized in these works.…”

“…One of solutions in assessing sufficiency of information in specifications of software requirements is presented in studies [5,13] in which theoretical and applied principles of information technology for assessing sufficiency of quality information contained in the specifications of software requirements are proposed. The principles developed in [5,13] are aimed at determining sufficiency of information on quality in the software requirements but automation of such evaluation is not realized in these works. Therefore, it is the approach proposed in [5,13] that will be further developed by solution of the problem of automated analysis of the software requirements set forth in specifications as regards sufficiency of information on nonfunctional component characteristics of software quality.…”

“…The principles developed in [5,13] are aimed at determining sufficiency of information on quality in the software requirements but automation of such evaluation is not realized in these works. Therefore, it is the approach proposed in [5,13] that will be further developed by solution of the problem of automated analysis of the software requirements set forth in specifications as regards sufficiency of information on nonfunctional component characteristics of software quality.…”

“…The proposed intelligent agent based on the ontological approach uses in its operation base ontologies of nonfunctional component characteristics of software quality (which were developed in [5,13]) as the facts known to it. It is the ontologies that reflect cause-and-effect relations between notions that allow to identify the attributes missing in the specification and determine which nonfunctional component characteristics of the software quality cannot be determined without such attributes.…”