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Quality Requirements for Code : On the Untapped Potential in Maintainability Specifications

Borg, Markus LU (2024) 2024 IEEE/ACM Workshop on Multi-disciplinary, Open, and RElevant Requirements Engineering, MO2RE 2024 p.35-38
Abstract

Quality requirements are critical for successful software engineering, with maintainability being a key internal quality. Despite significant attention in software metrics research, maintainability has attracted surprisingly little focus in the Requirements Engineering (RE) community. This position paper proposes a synergistic approach, combining code-oriented research with RE expertise, to create meaningful industrial impact. We introduce six illustrative use cases and propose three future research directions. Preliminary findings indicate that the established QUPER model, designed for setting quality targets, does not adequately address the unique aspects of maintainability.

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keywords
maintainability, quality requirements, source code quality
host publication
Proceedings - 2024 IEEE/ACM Workshop on Multi-disciplinary, Open, and RElevant Requirements Engineering, MO2RE 2024
pages
4 pages
publisher
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
conference name
2024 IEEE/ACM Workshop on Multi-disciplinary, Open, and RElevant Requirements Engineering, MO2RE 2024
conference location
Lisbon, Portugal
conference dates
2024-04-16
external identifiers
  • scopus:85202432949
ISBN
9798400705694
DOI
10.1145/3643666.3648579
language
English
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yes
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679ed77b-8235-4788-a0ac-13d6d724fcc2
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2024-10-31 09:45:11
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  abstract     = {{<p>Quality requirements are critical for successful software engineering, with maintainability being a key internal quality. Despite significant attention in software metrics research, maintainability has attracted surprisingly little focus in the Requirements Engineering (RE) community. This position paper proposes a synergistic approach, combining code-oriented research with RE expertise, to create meaningful industrial impact. We introduce six illustrative use cases and propose three future research directions. Preliminary findings indicate that the established QUPER model, designed for setting quality targets, does not adequately address the unique aspects of maintainability.</p>}},
  author       = {{Borg, Markus}},
  booktitle    = {{Proceedings - 2024 IEEE/ACM Workshop on Multi-disciplinary, Open, and RElevant Requirements Engineering, MO2RE 2024}},
  isbn         = {{9798400705694}},
  keywords     = {{maintainability; quality requirements; source code quality}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{35--38}},
  publisher    = {{Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)}},
  title        = {{Quality Requirements for Code : On the Untapped Potential in Maintainability Specifications}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3643666.3648579}},
  doi          = {{10.1145/3643666.3648579}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}