Abstract:

A method to define requirement dependency and then to determine crosscutting concerns from this requirement dependency is proposed. First, atomic requirement dependency is defined with respect to the system resources. Then, the concept of requirement cluster is provided and the way to group requirements into clusters is introduced. Finally, an approach to determine crosscutting concerns from requirement dependency and conflict analysis is presented. The feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method are demonstrated by a case study to apply this method to an existing system.

Key words: software engineering, requirements dependency, determination of cross-cutting cocerns, requirements cluster, crossing-cutting concern among requirements clusters, conflicts analysis