Using Error Abstraction and Classification to Improve Requirement Quality: A Family of Four Empirical Studies

This page contains the experiment materials and information from the experiments conducted by Gursimran S. Walia and Jeffrey C. Carver to validate the Error Abstraction and Classification method to improve requirements quality. The researchers can use these experiment materials for replicating the original experiments (Original paper).

• Training 1 (used to train participants on how to use the Fault Checklist method to Inspect the requirements document)
• Software Requirements Specification Document (requirements document inspected)
• Fault Checklist Method (used by participants during the inspection)
• Fault Form (used by participants to record faults found during inspection using Fault Checklist)
• Training 2 (used to train participants on how to use the Requirement Error Taxonomy to re-inspect the requirement document)
• Requirement Error Taxonomy (used by participants during the re-inspection)
• Error Form (used by participants to record errors abstracted using the faults found during the first inspection in the “Fault Form”)
• Error-Fault Form (used by participants to record the new faults found during the re-inspection using the error information from the “Error Form”)