Quality Assessment of Requirement Specifications using Metrics

The presented research investigates the possibilites and limitations of metrics in assessing the quality of (software) requirement specifications (SRS) and thereby aims to improve the understanding of the notion of quality for those specifications. Essentially, the idea is to define quality depending on the activites the SRS is used for in the engineering process. Based upon a common metamodel to describe and evaluate individual metrics, both the quality model and a systematic literature review serve as sources for potential metrics. Individual measurements are combined according to an assessment model in order to obtain an adequate quality estimation of the SRS. This paper therefore presents the research questions and the associated research plan together with open issues. The author would appreciate feedback.