ACoRe: Automated Goal-Conflict Resolution

Luiz Carvalho, Renzo Degiovanni, Matías Brizzio, Maxime Cordy, Nazareno Aguirre, Yves Le Traon, Mike Papadakis

Abstract: System goals are the statements that, in the context of software requirements specification, capture how the software should behave. Many times, the understanding of stakeholders on what the system should do, as captured in the goals, can lead to different problems, from clearly contradicting goals, to more subtle situations in which the satisfaction of some goals inhibits the satisfaction of others. These latter issues, called goal divergences, are the subject of goal conflict analysis, which consists of identifying, assessing, and resolving divergences, as part of a more general activity known as goal refinement.