Towards the Verbal Decision Analysis Paradigm for Implementable Prioritization of Software Requirements
The activity of prioritizing software requirements should be done as efficiently as possible. Selecting the most stable requirements for the most important customers of a development company can be a positive factor considering that available resources do not always encompass the implementation of a...
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doaj-5e07e58a7adc4028862db166210d8b4e2020-11-24T22:52:09ZengMDPI AGAlgorithms1999-48932018-11-01111117610.3390/a11110176a11110176Towards the Verbal Decision Analysis Paradigm for Implementable Prioritization of Software RequirementsPaulo Alberto Melo Barbosa0Plácido Rogério Pinheiro1Francisca Raquel de Vasconcelos Silveira2Graduate Program in Applied Informatics, University of Fortaleza, Fortaleza 60811-905, BrazilGraduate Program in Applied Informatics, University of Fortaleza, Fortaleza 60811-905, BrazilIT Department, Federal Institute of Ceará, Tianguá 62320-000, BrazilThe activity of prioritizing software requirements should be done as efficiently as possible. Selecting the most stable requirements for the most important customers of a development company can be a positive factor considering that available resources do not always encompass the implementation of all requirements. There are many quantitative methods for prioritization of software releases in the field of search-based software engineering (SBSE). However, we show that it is possible to use qualitative verbal decision analysis (VDA) methods to solve this type of problem. Moreover, we will use the ZAPROS III-<i>i</i> method to prioritize requirements considering the opinion of the decision-maker, who will participate in this process. Results obtained using VDA structured methods were found to be quite satisfactory when compared to methods using SBSE. A comparison of results between quantitative and qualitative methods will be made and discussed later. The results were reviewed and corroborated with the use of performance metrics.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4893/11/11/176verbal decision analysismulti-objective optimizationsoftware release planningZAPROS III-<i>i</i> |
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Paulo Alberto Melo Barbosa Plácido Rogério Pinheiro Francisca Raquel de Vasconcelos Silveira Towards the Verbal Decision Analysis Paradigm for Implementable Prioritization of Software Requirements Algorithms verbal decision analysis multi-objective optimization software release planning ZAPROS III-<i>i</i> |
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Paulo Alberto Melo Barbosa Plácido Rogério Pinheiro Francisca Raquel de Vasconcelos Silveira |
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Paulo Alberto Melo Barbosa |
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Towards the Verbal Decision Analysis Paradigm for Implementable Prioritization of Software Requirements |
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Towards the Verbal Decision Analysis Paradigm for Implementable Prioritization of Software Requirements |
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Towards the Verbal Decision Analysis Paradigm for Implementable Prioritization of Software Requirements |
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Towards the Verbal Decision Analysis Paradigm for Implementable Prioritization of Software Requirements |
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towards the verbal decision analysis paradigm for implementable prioritization of software requirements |
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The activity of prioritizing software requirements should be done as efficiently as possible. Selecting the most stable requirements for the most important customers of a development company can be a positive factor considering that available resources do not always encompass the implementation of all requirements. There are many quantitative methods for prioritization of software releases in the field of search-based software engineering (SBSE). However, we show that it is possible to use qualitative verbal decision analysis (VDA) methods to solve this type of problem. Moreover, we will use the ZAPROS III-<i>i</i> method to prioritize requirements considering the opinion of the decision-maker, who will participate in this process. Results obtained using VDA structured methods were found to be quite satisfactory when compared to methods using SBSE. A comparison of results between quantitative and qualitative methods will be made and discussed later. The results were reviewed and corroborated with the use of performance metrics. |
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verbal decision analysis multi-objective optimization software release planning ZAPROS III-<i>i</i> |
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