Automated requirements engineering: Use case patterns-driven approach

Abstract

Based on a novel multi-phases process, a new use case patterns catalogue is constructed. This catalogue is then utilised as a framework for a new use case patterns-driven approach for requirement engineering. The application of the proposed approach in a TestWarehouse environment showed promising results in saving up to 30 of the total software development project time, yet the resulted requirements models showed high, 85-95, completeness percentage. Furthermore, the application of an automated version of the proposed approach saved an extra 43 of the time saved by its manual application. This had direct implications on improving requirements and design deliverables of agile software development processes. Nevertheless, users raised a number of concerns that have been considered to outline prospective phases of this research. © 2011 The Institution of Engineering and Technology.