How do software architects consider non-functional requirements: An exploratory study

D Ameller, C Ayala, J Cabot… - 2012 20th IEEE …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dealing with non-functional requirements (NFRs) has posed a challenge onto software
engineers for many years. Over the years, many methods and techniques have been …

Are" non-functional" requirements really non-functional? an investigation of non-functional requirements in practice

J Eckhardt, A Vogelsang, DM Fernández - Proceedings of the 38th …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
Non-functional requirements (NFRs) are commonly distinguished from functional
requirements by differentiating how the system shall do something in contrast to what the …

An investigation into the notion of non-functional requirements

D Mairiza, D Zowghi, N Nurmuliani - … of the 2010 ACM symposium on …, 2010 - dl.acm.org
Although Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) are recognized as very important
contributors to the success of software projects, studies to date indicate that there is still no …

On non-functional requirements

M Glinz - 15th IEEE international requirements engineering …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Although the term'non-functional requirement'has been in use for more than 20 years, there
is still no consensus in the requirements engineering community what non-functional …

An ontology based approach to non-functional requirements conceptualization

M Kassab, O Ormandjieva… - 2009 Fourth International …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The growing awareness of the importance of non-functional requirements (NFRs) among the
requirements engineering (RE) community in the last few years led to a heightened interest …

Analyzing non-functional requirements (NFRs) for software development

M Umar, NA Khan - 2011 IEEE 2nd International Conference …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) along with Functional Requirements (FRs) are the
most significant and critical requirements for software development. NFRs are often ignored …

Non-functional requirements in industry-three case studies adopting an experience-based NFR method

J Doerr, D Kerkow, T Koenig, T Olsson… - 13th IEEE International …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Non-functional characteristics of products can be essential for business success and are a
key differentiator between a company and its competitors. This paper presents the …

Process/sup NFL: a language for describing non-functional properties

NS Rosa, PRF Cunha… - Proceedings of the 35th …, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nonfunctional requirements (NFRs) are rarely taken in account in software development.
There are reasons that help us to understand why these requirements are not explicitly dealt …

Supporting quantitative reasoning of non-functional requirements: A process-oriented approach

A Affleck, A Krishna - … on Software and System Process (ICSSP), 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A long standing problem in software engineering is inadequate requirements elicitation,
analysis, specification, validation and management. The lack of well defined requirements is …

Automated extraction of non-functional requirements in available documentation

J Slankas, L Williams - … on natural language analysis in software …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
While all systems have non-functional requirements (NFRs), they may not be explicitly stated
in a formal requirements specification. Furthermore, NFRs may also be externally imposed …