An automated change impact analysis approach to GRL models

Hasan Salim Alkaf; Jameleddine Hassine; Abdelwahab Hamou-Lhadj; Luay Alawneh

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-68015-6_10

An automated change impact analysis approach to GRL models

Hasan Salim Alkaf, Jameleddine Hassine^*, Abdelwahab Hamou-Lhadj, Luay Alawneh

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Goal-oriented approaches to requirements engineering have gained momentum with the development of many frameworks, methods, and tools. As stakeholders’ needs evolve, goal models evolve quickly and undergo many changes in order to accommodate the rapid changes of stakeholders’ goals, technologies, and business environments. Therefore, there is a need for mechanisms to identify and analyze the impact of changes in goal models. In this paper, we propose a Change Impact Analysis (CIA) approach to Goal-oriented Requirements Language (GRL), part of ITU-T’s User Requirement Notation (URN) standard. Given a suggested modification within a given GRL model, our approach allows for the identification of all impacted GRL elements within the targeted model as well as across all GRL models that are linked to it through URN Links. Furthermore, the proposed approach allows for the identification of the potentially impacted GRL evaluation strategies. The developed GRL-based CIA approach is implemented as a feature within the Eclipse-based jUCMNav framework. We demonstrate the applicability of our approach using two real-world GRL specifications.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	SDL 2017
Subtitle of host publication	Model-Driven Engineering for Future Internet - 18th International SDL Forum, Proceedings
Editors	Gabor Kovacs, Tibor Csondes, Gyorgy Rethy
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	157-172
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Print)	9783319680149
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68015-6_10
State	Published - 2017

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	10567 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Alkaf, H. S., Hassine, J., Hamou-Lhadj, A., & Alawneh, L. (2017). An automated change impact analysis approach to GRL models. In G. Kovacs, T. Csondes, & G. Rethy (Eds.), SDL 2017: Model-Driven Engineering for Future Internet - 18th International SDL Forum, Proceedings (pp. 157-172). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 10567 LNCS). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68015-6_10

Alkaf, Hasan Salim ; Hassine, Jameleddine ; Hamou-Lhadj, Abdelwahab et al. / An automated change impact analysis approach to GRL models. SDL 2017: Model-Driven Engineering for Future Internet - 18th International SDL Forum, Proceedings. editor / Gabor Kovacs ; Tibor Csondes ; Gyorgy Rethy. Springer Verlag, 2017. pp. 157-172 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Alkaf, HS, Hassine, J, Hamou-Lhadj, A & Alawneh, L 2017, An automated change impact analysis approach to GRL models. in G Kovacs, T Csondes & G Rethy (eds), SDL 2017: Model-Driven Engineering for Future Internet - 18th International SDL Forum, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 10567 LNCS, Springer Verlag, pp. 157-172. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68015-6_10

An automated change impact analysis approach to GRL models. / Alkaf, Hasan Salim; Hassine, Jameleddine; Hamou-Lhadj, Abdelwahab et al.
SDL 2017: Model-Driven Engineering for Future Internet - 18th International SDL Forum, Proceedings. ed. / Gabor Kovacs; Tibor Csondes; Gyorgy Rethy. Springer Verlag, 2017. p. 157-172 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 10567 LNCS).

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Alkaf HS, Hassine J, Hamou-Lhadj A, Alawneh L. An automated change impact analysis approach to GRL models. In Kovacs G, Csondes T, Rethy G, editors, SDL 2017: Model-Driven Engineering for Future Internet - 18th International SDL Forum, Proceedings. Springer Verlag. 2017. p. 157-172. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-68015-6_10

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