Start Date
14-12-2012 12:00 AM
Description
An important aspect of the requirements engineering process is the specification of traceable, unambiguous and operationalizable non-functional requirements. This remains a non-trivial task due to the lack of well-documented, systematic procedures that facilitate a structured analysis of the qualitative data that is typically the input to this activity. This research investigates the development of a procedural approach that can potentially fill this gap by incorporating procedural perspectives from Grounded Theory Method, Linguistic Analysis and the Non-Functional Requirement Framework, without significantly deviating from existing practice. This paper describes a preliminary version of this procedural approach along with empirical illustrations using data from a redesign initiative of a library website of a public university in the United States. The paper concludes with a preliminary assessment of the approach and a discussion of the contributions of the research the research.
Recommended Citation
Chakraborty, Suranjan; Rosenkranz, Christoph; and Dehlinger, Josh, "A Grounded Theoretical and Linguistic Analysis Approach for Non-Functional Requirements Analysis" (2012). ICIS 2012 Proceedings. 89.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2012/proceedings/ResearchInProgress/89
A Grounded Theoretical and Linguistic Analysis Approach for Non-Functional Requirements Analysis
An important aspect of the requirements engineering process is the specification of traceable, unambiguous and operationalizable non-functional requirements. This remains a non-trivial task due to the lack of well-documented, systematic procedures that facilitate a structured analysis of the qualitative data that is typically the input to this activity. This research investigates the development of a procedural approach that can potentially fill this gap by incorporating procedural perspectives from Grounded Theory Method, Linguistic Analysis and the Non-Functional Requirement Framework, without significantly deviating from existing practice. This paper describes a preliminary version of this procedural approach along with empirical illustrations using data from a redesign initiative of a library website of a public university in the United States. The paper concludes with a preliminary assessment of the approach and a discussion of the contributions of the research the research.