Overlaps Among Requirements Specifications
George Spanoudakis, Anthony Finkelstein · 1997
. Although overlap between specifications -- that is the incorporation of elements which designate common features of the domain of discourse -- is a prerequisite for specification inconsistency, it has only been a side concern in requirements engineering research. This paper discusses overlap, points out the complicating factors in its identification an outlines the key components of a programme of research in this area. 1. Motivation In software engineering settings where different stakeholders may have requirements about the system to be built, there is no point for worrying about inconsistency among specifications of these requirements unless you are pretty confident that they refer to the same things within the shared domain of discourse. In other words, unless there is an overlap between them. This paper is concerned with such overlaps, discusses the problems encountered in their identification and proposes an agenda for a research programme aiming at effective solutions to these...