Software requirements modularization using partitioning clustering technique

ABSTRACT

The design phase of the software lifecycle is a major factor to the success of a software system, where the software designer is not expected to conceptualize a large-scale and complex software application as a whole; therefore, it is typical to create a top-level design which decomposes a system into a set of modules.

Software modularity is not a new concept in the software engineering field; it has been a design issue since the earliest days of software development. However, its importance is becoming more prevalent due to today's demand for large-scale complex application.

The decomposition process is an art form and our goal is to reach a systematic approach for producing modularized design based on our requirement analysis methodology.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
      D.2.2 Design Tools and Techniques

General Terms:
Design

Keywords:
clustering, cohesion, coupling, requirement clustering, scenarios, software modularization