Lightweight Modeling to Improve Requirements Engineering of Enterprise Software

轻量级建模改进企业软件的需求工程

• 批准号: 262100-2012
• 负责人: Czarnecki, Krzysztof
• 金额: $ 3.06万
• 依托单位: University of Waterloo
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=571237
• 关键词: Lightweight; Modeling; Improve; Requirements; Engineering

The Standish Group's 1994 CHAOS Report cites requirements-related problems as the main reason for the failure of over half of the 8,380 surveyed projects, with a majority of them in the enterprise software domain. According to Boehm, correcting requirements errors in later development phases can cost up to 200 times as much as correcting them in the requirements phase. Thus, finding requirements errors early is critical. The overarching goal of this research is to improve the effectiveness (fewer errors) and efficiency (higher speed) of requirements engineering for enterprise software (REES) via lightweight modeling. We will develop a combination of a method, language, and tools to create precise models and designed to deliver maximum value while focusing on usability. Precise models reduce errors due miscommunication among project stakeholders, avoiding rework and improving software quality. Wide adoption of precise modeling has the potential to significantly improve the effectiveness and efficiency of engineering complex software-intensive systems. The proposed research will have immediate benefit for our industrial collaborators, improving their capabilities to determine requirements of enterprise systems. In the longer term, lightweight modeling will contribute to the wide adoption of precise modeling across different domains and the entire engineering cycle, reducing software faults-which impact negatively the society today-and allowing the software industry to build even more complex systems to address tomorrow's needs.

Standish Group在1994年的CHAOS报告中指出，需求相关的问题是8,380个被调查项目中一半以上失败的主要原因，其中大部分是在企业软件领域。根据Boehm的说法，在后期开发阶段纠正需求错误的成本可能是在需求阶段纠正的200倍。因此，尽早发现需求错误是至关重要的。 本研究的总体目标是通过轻量级建模提高企业软件需求工程（REES）的有效性（更少的错误）和效率（更高的速度）。我们将开发一种方法，语言和工具的组合，以创建精确的模型，并旨在提供最大的价值，同时专注于可用性。精确的模型减少了由于项目涉众之间的错误沟通而导致的错误，避免了返工并提高了软件质量。 广泛采用精确建模有可能显着提高工程复杂的软件密集型系统的有效性和效率。拟议的研究将为我们的工业合作者带来直接利益，提高他们确定企业系统需求的能力。从长远来看，轻量级建模将有助于在不同领域和整个工程周期中广泛采用精确建模，减少对当今社会产生负面影响的软件故障，并允许软件行业构建更复杂的系统以满足未来的需求。