Developing a Requirements Model for Software Projects

Ali Yahya  Gheni; Haifaa Jassim Muhasin Muhasin; Hiba Adil  Yousif; Yusmdi Yah Jusoh

doi:10.30526/37.3.3823

Authors

Ali Yahya Gheni Department of Computer Science, College of Education for Pure Science(Ibn Al-Haitham), University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3629-9115
Haifaa Jassim Muhasin Muhasin Department of Computer Science, College of Education for Pure Science(Ibn Al-Haitham), University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6276-1708
Hiba Adil Yousif Department of Computer Science, College of Education for Pure Science(Ibn Al-Haitham), University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6826-8244
Yusmdi Yah Jusoh Department of Information Systems Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universti Putra Malaysia. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7767-5001

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30526/37.3.3823

Keywords:

Requirements elicitation, System development life cycle (SDLC), Model verification, Model validation

Abstract

Requirements elicitation is recognized as one of the most critical activities in the software development process as it has an impact on its success. Studies such as the CHAOS Report, a study based on The [Standish Group]'s CHAOS Research Project on IT project success rates and project management best practices report, indicate that about half of the factors associated with project success are related to requirements. Previous studies showed several problems related to requirements elicitation. This paper tried to find out the existing requirements models for software projects and how to develop a new requirements model for software projects. The requirements system was developed by Visual Studio 2019. Online model verification was conducted with 6 experts from the IT industry. After the system was developed, it was validated by three developers/programmers from the same industry (functional test/white-box testing) and eleven developers (non-functional test/black-box testing). The results of the model verification supported the model of requirements. Additionally, the requirements system was validated by non-functional test/black-box testing and functional test/white-box testing

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