La transition vers la convergence : l’approche réglementaire du CRTC

[À l'origine dans / Was originally part of : CRDP - Droit et technologies d'information et de communication

Non-functional requirements: size measurement and testing with COSMIC-FFP

The non-functional requirements (NFRs) of software systems are well known to add a degree of uncertainty to process of estimating the cost of any project. This paper contributes to the achievement of more precise project size measurement through incorporating NFRs into the functional size quantification process. We report on an initial solution proposed to deal with the problem of quantitatively assessing the NFR modeling process early in the project, and of generating test cases for NFR verification purposes. The NFR framework has been chosen for the integration of NFRs into the requirements modeling process and for their quantitative assessment. Our proposal is based on the functional size measurement method, COSMIC-FFP, adopted in 2003 as the ISO/IEC 19761 standard. Also in this paper, we extend the use of COSMIC-FFP for NFR testing purposes. This is an essential step for improving NFR development and testing effort estimates, and consequently for managing the scope of NFRs. We discuss the merits of the proposed approach and the open questions related to its design

Creation of a clinical exam form

Documentation of a primary care eye exam serves many important functions. It serves as a history of test results, assessments, treatment plans and a defense against litigation. Additionally, examination documentation serves as the foundation to patient and insurance billing. The initial goal of this project focused on creating an ideal optometric exam form that would provide adequate space for documentation and be accepted among the faculty and attending doctors for use throughout the Pacific University College of Optometry (PUCO) clinics. The PUCO clinics are cunently using a clinic exam form that could benefit from an update. Increasing the amount of usable recording space was a high priority when updating the form. The basic format of the cunent exam was most easily improved by reorganizing the separate sections of the form. No perfect exam form exists; however, the exam form that has been created can offer greater ease of documentation for the examiner, a more organized flow of information, greater standardization of documentation from examiner to examiner and assist with proper billing. Proper billing and documentation are important aspects of any clinic operation. The use of ergonomically formatted exam forms can ultimately save time and money. The cunent exam form served as the foundation for the new exam form created. Whenever possible the more positive elements of Pacific University\u27s cunent exam form were incorporated into the new exam form. The updated exam form retains elements that support the didactic curriculum at PUCO. This project is to review, compare and contrast the elements of several exam forms. With the help of Dr. Elizabeth Wyles, a compilation of the good elements of each form was incorporated into the final form. Results of this work will be submitted to Dr. Kenneth Eakland (Associate Dean for Clinical Programs) for review and possible use in the Pacific University College of Optometry Clinics

Quantifying Functional Reuse from Object Oriented Requirements Specifications

Software reuse is essential in improving efficiency and productivity in the software development process. This paper analyses reuse within requirements engineering phase by taking and adapting a standard functional size measurement method, COSMIC FFP. Our proposal attempts to quantify reusability from Object Oriented requirements specifications by identifying potential primitives with a high level of reusability and applying a reuse indicator. These requirements are specified using OO-Method, an automatic software production method based on transformation models. We illustrate the application of our proposal in a Car Rental real system

Framework for examination of software quality characteristics in conflict: A security and usability exemplar

© 2020, © 2020 The Author(s). This open access article is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license. Standards and best practices for software quality guide on handling each quality characteristic individually, but not when two or more characteristics come into conflict such as security and usability. The objectives of this paper are twofold: (a) to argue on the importance of handling the conflicts between quality characteristics in general; (b) to formulate a framework for conflict examination of the software quality characteristics, we do so while considering the specific case of security and usability. In line with the objectives, a framework called Pattern-oriented Design Framework (PoDF) was formulated. The PoDF provides a mechanism for identification of the conflicts, modeling the conflicts to illuminate the reason for their occurrence, and eliciting the suitable trade-offs between the conflicting characteristics. The suitable trade-offs are thus documented as design patterns. The patterns can assist developers and designers in handling the conflicts in other but similar context of use. To validate and instantiate the PoDF, two studies were conducted. Usable security patterns discovered as a result of the studies are also presented in the paper

2017 Charlottesville Riots – Media Coverage Paper Media and Terrorism

This paper intended to dissect the similarities and differences of media coverage for a very significant recent event--the 2017 Charlottesville Unite the Right riots and anti-racism protests. A focal moment within this series of events is the car attack by perpetrator James Alex Fields Jr., a white-supremacist responsible for the death of one woman and countless other injuries. The analysis reflects the coverage of this event through the lens of MSNBC and Fox News, two politically contrasting domestic news sources. An emphasis on media framing, which is loosely how media is manipulated to make the consumer think about a certain topic in one way, helped categorize and describe the differences of these two sources. This discussion of multiple framing variables ultimately showed that these two sources captured a single event in very different ways. These discrepancies illuminate a significant contrast in perspectives of this violent and hateful event