A quantitative approach using goal-oriented requirements engineering methodology and analytic hierarchy process in selecting the best alternative

Abstract

Decision making in Software Engineering plays an important role at different stages of Software development life cycle. In this paper we consider the case study of selecting one among the three Content Management Systems (CMS) for a university website. We use our Goal-Oriented Requirements Engineering (GORE) method to identify the soft goals which play a vital role in deciding which CMS is chosen. Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is then used to prioritize the soft goals. The output of GORE and AHP are combined in order to produce a metric which decides the best alternative among the candidates. © 2013 Springer.