Advancing AORE through evaluation

Abstract

One of the fundamental ways that progress is made in any field is through evaluation and reflection on the observations made. This is no different for Aspect-Oriented Requirements Engineering and the techniques developed to assist this area. However, for effective evaluation to be performed best-practices and guidelines need to be established for the observations made to be acceptable by the wider community. There has been little work to consolidate the variety of practices and problems experienced when conducting AORE-based evaluation studies. This chapter draws upon experience from evaluation performed in other phases of development and also the problems that can be experienced when evaluating AORE approaches to establish a series of guidelines to assist AORE practitioners.