Process patterns for requirement consistency analysis
Padmalata V. Nistala, Kesav Vithal Nori, Swaminathan Natarajan · 2016
In the requirement space, patterns are gaining prominence to capture the requirement knowledge for reuse and help identify requirements. The quality of requirement specification is critical for effective understanding and implementation of requirements. This paper presents a set of process patterns that use the concept of compositional traceability to analyze how well the requirement specifications or user stories have been formulated and to identify inconsistencies among its encompassing elements. We present two patterns that have been successfully applied and found useful to carry out consistency analysis on requirements and detect inconsistencies in requirements: Requirements coverage analysis and Requirements traceability analysis. These patterns can be applied to projects during requirements phase for review and analysis of stated requirements. The paper describes the patterns, discusses its implementation and results from a project case study.