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Managing non-technical requirements in COTS components selection

Authors :
Carme Quer
Xavier Franch
Juan Pablo Carvallo
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Llenguatges i Sistemes Informàtics
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria de Serveis i Sistemes d'Informació
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. inSSIDE - integrated Software, Service, Information and Data Engineering
Source :
Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya, instname, UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), RE

Abstract

The selection of COTS components is made not only by an analysis of their technical quality but also (and sometimes mostly) by considering how they fulfill the nontechnical requirements considered relevant, which refer to licensing, reputation, and similar issues. In this paper we present an approach for managing non-technical requirements during COTS selection. The proposal is based on extending the ISO/IEC 9126-1 catalogue of quality factors by adding factors related to non-technical issues, obtaining a cohesive and comprehensive framework for managing requirements during selection. We show how we can use this catalogue for eliciting non-technical requirements, and how the metrics included in the catalogue may be used to define fit criteria for requirements. We illustrate our approach with an industrial experience that took place in the telecommunications field.

Details

Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya, instname, UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), RE
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....0166357289cee5c8da0ecab859d205ad