Impact of non-functional requirements on the success of ubiquitous systems

Abstract

With the recent advancements of technology, Ubiquitous Systems have rapidly become popular all over the world. It is a new paradigm that focuses on smooth integration of technology in human environments enabling users to access information and functionality anytime and anywhere. Software development companies nowadays increasingly invest in the ubiquitous system development projects in order to stay competitive and survive in the IT Industry. Success of ubiquitous system development projects heavily depends on Nonfunctional user requirements. Identification of the nonfunctional requirements is challenging since it represents the quality attributes of the system and are not directly measurable. This quantitative research aims to evaluate the different types of non-functional requirements that significantly contribute to the success of ubiquitous system development projects. This study was based on the data collected from the software industry in Sri Lanka. The results of this study indicate that both the product-related and organizational-related nonfunctional requirements strongly affect the ubiquitous systems success. The findings provide insights to the vendors of ubiquitous system development companies in the software industry.