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2009 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Does Requirements Clustering Lead to Modular Design?
Authors : Zude Li, Quazi A. Rahman, Remo Ferrari, Nazim H. Madhavji
Published in: Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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Context and motivation
] The clustering of system requirements groups together related requirements. In a concept paper, we had previously proposed a requirements clustering approach for the purpose of modularizing software. [
Question/problem
] In this short paper, we describe a preliminary study to explore the answer to the posed question: whether or not requirements clustering leads to modular design as measured by design goodness criteria. [
Principal ideas/results
] The study assesses the modularity of software designs developed by independent groups given the same requirements. These are then compared against the expected design resultant from implementing the requirements cluster. [
Contribution
] The study results are encouraging and it warrants further investigation.