Title: Understanding heuristics employed to verify non-functional requirements of web-based applications in Pakistani software industry

Authors: Asad Hanif; Irfan M. Khan; Saqib Saeed

Addresses: Department of Computer Sciences and Software Engineering, Bahria University, Shangrila Road, Sector E-8 Islamabad, Pakistan ' Department of Computer Sciences and Software Engineering, Bahria University, Shangrila Road, Sector E-8 Islamabad, Pakistan ' Department of Computer Science, Bahria University, Shangrila Road, Sector E-8 Islamabad, Pakistan

Abstract: This paper is based on the quantitative description of practices employed to satisfy non-functional requirements in web-based applications developed in Pakistan. Non-functional requirements are one of the most important parts of software projects and these requirements are often difficult to attain with a demanding quality. This paper contains the result of a survey, conducted in 15 software houses in Pakistan, to know how these requirements are implemented and verified. The study is helpful to understand the gap analysis and to devise a framework for improving these practices.

Keywords: requirements engineering; non-functional requirements; supplementary requirements; web-based development; heuristics; web-based applications; Pakistan; software industry; internet.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBIS.2015.069725

International Journal of Business Information Systems, 2015 Vol.19 No.3, pp.366 - 374

Published online: 30 May 2015 *

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