A software product line (SPL) is a family of related programs of a domain. The programs of
an SPL are distinguished in terms of features, which are end-user visible characteristics of …

Dealing with non-functional requirements (NFRs) has posed a challenge onto software
engineers for many years. Over the years, many methods and techniques have been …

Software architects often must work with incomplete or ill-specified non-functional
requirements (NFRs) and use them to make decisions. Through this process, existing NFRs …

Requirements engineering and software architecture are quite mature software engineering
sub-disciplines, which often seem to be disconnected for many reasons and it is difficult to …

Most research works have found that an important root cause of software project failure
comes from the requirements; their quality has an important impact over other artifacts. As …

Architecting mobile collaborative applications has always been a challenge for designers.
However, counting on a structural design as a reference can help developers to reduce risks …

Requirements engineers need to understand and model different aspects of organizations
and systems under construction, and may need to use different modeling notations …

In this paper we introduce a generic approach to analyze system design models with regard
to the satisfaction of their Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) to enable the evaluation of …

In a model-based approach, models are considered as the prime artefacts for the software
specification, design and implementation. Quality assurance for program codes has been …

Smart mobile devices (hereafter, SMDs) are becoming pervasive and their applications have
some particular attributes. Software Engineering deals with quality not only with traditional …