The community of operation support systems (OSS) for telecom applications defined a set of fundamental principles, processes, and architectures for developing the next generation OSS through the TeleManagement Forum TMF. At the heart of NGOSS lies the notion of a "contract" which embodies the specification of services offered by an OSS component for quality management and product evaluation. However, TMF does not provide any method (or process) for specification of the part in the NGOSS contract specification. In this paper, we develop a systematic approach for specifying non-functional requirements of telecom OSS applications for contracts in the NGOSS framework for quality management and evaluation. Specifically, two categories of non-functional specification techniques are explored: qualitative and quantitative. Furthermore, we introduce two quantitative non-functional requirements specification methods: crisp and elastic to expand the capability of the current NGOSS contract specification method since only qualitative non-functional specification is currently available from TMF.
%0 Conference Paper
%1 xiaoqing_liu_specification_2007
%A Liu, Xiaoqing
%A Azmoodeh, M.
%A Georgalas, N.
%B Fifth International Workshop on Software Quality, 2007. WoSQ'07: ICSE Workshops 2007
%D 2007
%I IEEE
%K Application Communication Computer Contracts; Heart; Quality Software Supply Telecommunications application; architecture; chain computing; contract evaluation; formal framework; industry; management; nonfunctional operation product qualitative quality; quantitative requirements; science; service software; specification; support system; telecom telecommunication {NGOSS}
%P 7--7
%R 10.1109/WOSQ.2007.12
%T Specification of Non-functional Requirements for Contract Specification in the NGOSS Framework for Quality Management and Product Evaluation
%X The community of operation support systems (OSS) for telecom applications defined a set of fundamental principles, processes, and architectures for developing the next generation OSS through the TeleManagement Forum TMF. At the heart of NGOSS lies the notion of a "contract" which embodies the specification of services offered by an OSS component for quality management and product evaluation. However, TMF does not provide any method (or process) for specification of the part in the NGOSS contract specification. In this paper, we develop a systematic approach for specifying non-functional requirements of telecom OSS applications for contracts in the NGOSS framework for quality management and evaluation. Specifically, two categories of non-functional specification techniques are explored: qualitative and quantitative. Furthermore, we introduce two quantitative non-functional requirements specification methods: crisp and elastic to expand the capability of the current NGOSS contract specification method since only qualitative non-functional specification is currently available from TMF.
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abstract = {The community of operation support systems {(OSS)} for telecom applications defined a set of fundamental principles, processes, and architectures for developing the next generation {OSS} through the {TeleManagement} Forum {TMF.} At the heart of {NGOSS} lies the notion of a "contract" which embodies the specification of services offered by an {OSS} component for quality management and product evaluation. However, {TMF} does not provide any method (or process) for specification of the part in the {NGOSS} contract specification. In this paper, we develop a systematic approach for specifying non-functional requirements of telecom {OSS} applications for contracts in the {NGOSS} framework for quality management and evaluation. Specifically, two categories of non-functional specification techniques are explored: qualitative and quantitative. Furthermore, we introduce two quantitative non-functional requirements specification methods: crisp and elastic to expand the capability of the current {NGOSS} contract specification method since only qualitative non-functional specification is currently available from {TMF.}},
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author = {Liu, Xiaoqing and Azmoodeh, M. and Georgalas, N.},
biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2184f97586578dd5449e3a0039367ad3b/fritzsolms},
booktitle = {{Fifth International Workshop on Software Quality, 2007. {WoSQ'07:} {ICSE} Workshops 2007}},
doi = {10.1109/WOSQ.2007.12},
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keywords = {Application Communication Computer Contracts; Heart; Quality Software Supply Telecommunications application; architecture; chain computing; contract evaluation; formal framework; industry; management; nonfunctional operation product qualitative quality; quantitative requirements; science; service software; specification; support system; telecom telecommunication {NGOSS}},
month = may,
pages = {7--7},
publisher = {{IEEE}},
timestamp = {2013-02-28T11:13:56.000+0100},
title = {{Specification of Non-functional Requirements for Contract Specification in the {NGOSS} Framework for Quality Management and Product Evaluation}},
year = 2007
}