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Software requirements elicitation - A controlled experiment to measure the impact of a native natural language

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Abstract

Software development is a collaborative activity where the quality of the end product depends to a great extent on the quality of the requirements engineering process. This paper examines the impact of multi-natural language backgrounds (English and Arabic) of the requirements engineers on the quality and correctness of the use case modeling. The study is done through a controlled experiment. The results show that using a native language for system description improves the functional correctness of the use case model. However, the time required to perform use case modeling and the quality of use case diagrams is not affected by using either native or English (as a second language).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2013 IEEE 37th Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2013
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages437-442
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9780769549866
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Computer Software and Applications Conference
ISSN (Print)0730-3157

Keywords

  • Arabic
  • Metrics
  • Natural Language
  • Requirement Elicitation
  • Use Case Model

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Computer Science Applications

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