Identifying signs of systems fragility: A crowdsourcing requirements case study

Attila Péter Tóth, Davor Svetinovic

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Abstract

It has long been understood that the initial investment in the requirements engineering process has significant returns during the development of a system. Fragility is present in every system, although there are often no signs indicating its presence in system requirements. One can try to predict system breakdown based on its behavior, but the true sources are frequently overlooked. The fact that fragility is recognized when it manifests, suggests that it can be triggered, thus certain trigger conditions should exist. We conducted a case study in order to identify signs in the requirements specification that may lead to systems fragility. As the result of this case study five signs of fragility were identified which can be used in a requirements engineering process to elicit fragility requirements and potential antifragility.

Original languageBritish English
Title of host publicationIEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages356-360
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781479909865
DOIs
StatePublished - 18 Nov 2014
Event2013 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2013 - Bangkok, Thailand
Duration: 10 Dec 201313 Dec 2013

Publication series

NameIEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management
ISSN (Print)2157-3611
ISSN (Electronic)2157-362X

Conference

Conference2013 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2013
Country/TerritoryThailand
CityBangkok
Period10/12/1313/12/13

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