SRQuality: A Comparative Analysis of Techniques for Software Requirements Smells Identification

• Fábio Rodrigues Pereira Federal University of Lavras
• Paulo Afonso Parreira Júnior Federal University of Lavras https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8877-2931

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbqs_estendido.2022.226855

Abstract

The lack of knowledge about the strengths and weaknesses of existing approaches for requirements smells is a gap identified in the current literature. Therefore, this work aims to perform a comparative analysis of existing approaches for identifying requirements smells in order to understand their effectiveness (coverage and accuracy), as well as their strengths and weaknesses. Other than that, it is intended to specify recommendations for improvements to the tools analyzed.

Keywords: Requirements Engineering, Software Quality, Software Requirements Smells

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