Increasing the Semantic Transparency of the KAOS Goal Model Concrete Syntax

摘要：

　　Stakeholders without formal training in requirements modelling languages,such as KAOS,struggle to understand requirements specifications.The lack of semantic transparency of the KAOS goal model concrete syntax is perceived as a communication barrier between stakeholders and requirements engineers.We report on a series of related empirical experiments that include the proposal of alternative concrete syntaxes for KAOS by leveraging design contributions from novices and their evaluation with respect to semantic transparency,in contrast with the standard KAOS goal model concrete syntax.We propose an alternative concrete syntax for KAOS that increases its semantic transparency(mean difference of.23,in -1.00..1.00)leading to a significantly higher correct symbol identification(mean difference of 19%)by novices.These results may be a stepping stone for reducing the communication gap between stakeholders and requirements engineers.

关键词： Goal model concrete syntax Empirical evaluation KAOS

作者: Mafalda Santos Catarina Gralha Miguel Goul(a)o Jo(a)o Araújo

作者单位: NOVA LINCS,DI,FCT,Universidade NOVA de Lisboa,Lisbon,Portugal

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: The 37th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling(第37届概念建模国际会议(ER2018)

会议地点: 西安

会议语种:英文

页码: 424-439

在线出版日期: 2018-10-22（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）