A Fuzzy Set-Based Approach for the Prioritization of Stakeholders on the Basis of the Importance of Software Requirements

Abstract

In requirements elicitation process, different stakeholder participates to find out the requirements of software. In practical applications, different stakeholders have dissimilar view for the same requirements; and they may also use linguistic terminologies in describing the importance of their requirements. Based on literature review, we identify that stakeholder identification methods do not support that how to prioritize the stakeholders on the basis of the importance of software requirements. Therefore, to address the above issue, we propose a method for the prioritization of stakeholders on the basis of the importance of software requirements using fuzzy-based approach. There are three steps in the proposed method, i.e., (1) “specify stakeholder types and their roles” (2) “select and classify requirements”; and (3) “stakeholder's analysis”. Finally, the application of the proposed method is explained with the help of a case study, which is based on Institute Examination System.

KEYWORDS:

• Extent fuzzy AHP
• Multi-criteria decision-making
• Pair-wise comparisons
• requirements elicitation processes
• Stakeholder identification
• Stakeholder prioritization

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Mohd Sadiq

Mohd. Sadiq has been working as an assistant professor, Computer Engineering, UPFET, Jamia Millia Islamia (A Central University), New Delhi, India, since 2005. In 2017, he received a PhD degree in computer engineering from the Department of Computer Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Kurukshetra, India. He has worked as post-doc fellow at the Center for Soft Computing Research, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India. He received the MTech degree in computer science and engineering from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India, in 2005; and the BE degree in computer science and engineering from the Al-Falah School of Engineering and Technology, Dhauj, Faridabad, affiliated with Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana, in 2001, with first position in second year. He has published more than 50 research papers in international conferences; and journals like CSI Transactions on ICT, Springer; International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management, Springer, etc. He has reviewed several papers of international journals like IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management, Springer; Journal of Computer and Electrical Engineering, Elsevier, etc.; and conferences like IEEE- INDICON-2015, India, ICCIDM-Springer-2014, IEEE- ICACCI-2013, etc.

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