Functional Requirements Categorization - Grounded Theory Approach

Richa Sharma, K. K. Biswas

2015

Abstract

The ever-increasing complexity of information system is making the requirements analysis an intricate and challenging task. The challenge is further intensified in the absence of well-defined body of knowledge as to which requirements must be looked for. Though the requirements are broadly classified as functional and non-functional requirements; however, a special concern is required for functional requirements as the information system, envisioned for an organization, is expected to meet the functional behaviour of that organization. We have used Grounded Theory approach to explore the granular level of functional requirements analyzed during requirements analysis. Based on this qualitative study, we propose a classification scheme for functional requirements in this paper.

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Sharma R. and Biswas K. (2015). Functional Requirements Categorization - Grounded Theory Approach . In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE, ISBN 978-989-758-100-7, pages 301-307. DOI: 10.5220/0005472103010307


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@conference{enase15,
author={Richa Sharma and K. K. Biswas},
title={Functional Requirements Categorization - Grounded Theory Approach},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE,},
year={2015},
pages={301-307},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005472103010307},
isbn={978-989-758-100-7},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE,
TI - Functional Requirements Categorization - Grounded Theory Approach
SN - 978-989-758-100-7
AU - Sharma R.
AU - Biswas K.
PY - 2015
SP - 301
EP - 307
DO - 10.5220/0005472103010307