Large-scale software applications are complex systems that involve a myriad of different concerns. Ideally, these concerns should be organized into separated and different modules, but often some of these concerns overlap ...

Software development is a succession of descriptions in different languages in which every description is based on a previous one. Since the requirements specification is one of the first descriptions, it is important to ...

Context: The development of software systems is a complex activity because of its nature and the management of its construction. It is challenging to create and follow a plan. Moreover, budget overrun is a common consequence ...