E-ware extended web applications requirements engineering : a strategic focused requirements engineering method for web applications

Dissertant

al-Salim, Lana Saqr

Thesis advisor

al-Shaykh, Asim A. R.

Comitee Members

Abu al-Suud, Salih Mustafa
Ghul, al-Said

University

Arab Academy for Financial and Banking Sciences

Faculty

The Faculty of Information Systems and Technology

Department

Computer information systems

University Country

Jordan

Degree

Ph.D.

Degree Date

2006

English Abstract

In industry today, Web requirements engineering is becoming more important than ever.

The lack of methods, techniques and processes dealing with requirements may not be directly noticeable, but the cost for not having them is immense.

Many web application development projects do have considerable problems, mainly caused by shortcomings in the initial phase, named the requirements phase.

Based on a recent study, it was found out that the top problem areas of large-scale WebApp projects were the failure to meet business needs (84%) and the lack of required functionalities (53%).

Over the last few years, Web requirements methodologies have emerged considering mainly the design and implementation aspects of WebApps.

Aligning requirements with business strategy have been neglected in these methods. This thesis addresses two problems within Web applications requirements engineering.

The first is the business strategy and requirements alignment with strategy as a first step in the Web requirements engineering process.

The second is the non-technical requirements such as legal, marketing, business process, and content requirements. The objective of the research is to develop a web requirements engineering method from a practical view, which focuses not on the functional and nonfunctional requirements, but on the business strategy and the alignment between the business strategy and requirements. This thesis introduces a method (e WARE) for eliciting, analyzing, specifying and aligning requirements for Web applications.

E WARE supports the early requirements engineering life-cycle of web applications.

Addressing the problem arena has two main strands: The Viewpoint-Oriented Requirements Definition (VORD) method and the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) method.

VORD has already been used in requirements engineering for traditional applications.

However, it does not cater for the Web applications' needs; this has been validated using an industrial case study.

On the other hand, BSC is a well-developed framework for strategy formulation and performance measurement that helps organizations articulate, communicate, and monitor the implementation of strategy.

Main Subjects

Information Technology and Computer Science

Topics

• Engineering
• Standards
• Web applications

No. of Pages

286

Table of Contents

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Language

English

Data Type

Arab Theses

Record ID

BIM-306825