reqT.org – Towards a Semi-Formal, Open and Scalable Requirements Modeling Tool

Summary, in English

[Context and motivation] This research preview presents ongoing work on a free software requirements modeling tool called reqT that is developed in an educational context. [Question/problem] The work aims to engage computer science students in Requirements Engineering (RE) through a tool that captures essential RE concepts in executable code. [Principal ideas] Requirements are modeled using an internal DSL in the Scala programming language that blends natural language strings with a graph-oriented formalism. [Contribution] The metamodel of reqT and its main features are presented and modeling examples are provided together with a discussion on initial experiences from student projects, limitations and directions of further research.

• Author: Björn Regnell
• Editor: Joerg Doerr; Andreas L. Opdahl
• Department/s: Department of Computer Science; Software Engineering Research Group; ELLIIT: the Linköping-Lund initiative on IT and mobile communication
• Publishing year: 2013
• Language: English
• Pages: 112-118
• Publication/Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• Volume: 7830
• Full text: - 335 kB; Download statistics
• Document type: Conference paper
• Publisher: Springer
• Topic: Computer Science
• Keywords: requirements engineering; requirements modeling; software engineering; CASE tool; requirements metamodel; requirements engineering education; internal DSL; embedded DSL; Scala programming language
• Conference name: International Workshop on Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality, 2013
• Conference date: 2013-04-08 - 2013-04-11
• Conference place: Essen, Germany
• Status: Published
• Project: Embedded Applications Software Engineering
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISBN: 978-3-642-37421-0; ISBN: 978-3-642-37422-7