A Taxonomy for Identifying and Specifying Non-functional Requirements in Service-oriented Development
ISSN
2378-3818
ISBN
978-0-7695-3286-8
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2008-07-08
Author(s)
Galster, Matthias
;
Bucherer, Eva
Abstract
As in traditional software development, non-functional requirements play also a crucial role in service-oriented development. Non-functional requirements are spread across the entire service-oriented system or within individual services and cannot be allocated to one specific system / service artefact (such as a package, component). This makes them often more difficult to handle than functional requirements. The specifics of service-oriented architectures (in particular highly distributed services) bring up additional difficulties. In this paper, we present a taxonomy for non-functional requirements in a service-oriented context. The taxonomy implements three main categories of non-functional requirements: process requirements, non-functional external requirements, and non-functional service requirements. The taxonomy can be applied with individual services as well as with a service-based system as a whole. This taxonomy is considered as a starting point and check list when handling non-functional issues in service-oriented and particularly highly distributed environments.
Language
English
Keywords
SOA
Service-oriented Development
Non-functional Requirements
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Book title
Proceedings: 2008 IEEE Congress on Services (SERVICES 2008: Part 1)
Publisher
IEEE Computer Society
Start page
345
End page
352
Pages
8
Event Title
2008 IEEE Congress on Services (Services 2008)
Event Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Event Date
06.-11.07.2008
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
46573