A Pair-oriented Requirements Engineering Approach for Analysing Multi-lingual Requirements

• Main Authors: Kamalrudin, Massila, Sidek, Safiah
• Format: Book Section
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Verlag 2014
• Subjects: QA76 Computer software
• Online Access: http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/13710/1/Apres_14.pdf; http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/13710/

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.