Title: Model of system configuration requirements and measurement of their functional size

Authors: Ahmad Al-Khasawneh; Khalid T. Al-Sarayreh; Kenza Meridji; Mohammad Khasawneh

Addresses: Departments of Computer Information System, Hashemite University, Zarqa 13115, Jordan ' Departments of Software Engineering, Hashemite University, Zarqa 13115, Jordan ' Software Engineering Department, Petra University, Amman 11196, Jordan ' Management Information System Department, The World Islamic Sciences and Education University, Amman 11947, Jordan

Abstract: Currently, software development organisations are expected to deliver projects on time and on budget in a context of fixed-price contracts. The main goal of this research paper is to design a new configuration model using, as a basis, the European International standards ECSS-E-40 and ECSS-Q-80B together with the ISO-19761, for measuring in particular the embedded software. Measurement of such non-functional requirements (NFRs) should be feasible and as early as possible in software engineering projects. The motivation for this research project is to contribute to improve some of the inputs required for cost estimation techniques for embedded software, more specifically the measurement of NFRs.

Keywords: configuration requirements; ECSS international standards; ISO 19759; functional size; ISO 19761; software development; ECSS-E-40; ECSS-Q-80B; embedded software; software engineering projects; cost estimation; non-functional requirements; NFRs.

DOI: 10.1504/IJNVO.2013.056992

International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations, 2013 Vol.12 No.3, pp.201 - 216

Received: 07 Dec 2012
Accepted: 25 Jan 2013
Published online: 31 Mar 2014 *

Full-text access for editors Full-text access for subscribers Purchase this article Comment on this article