%0 Journal Article
%T A SURVEY OF DECISION SUPPORT AND COGNITIVE LOAD IN REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING
%A Falak Sher
%A Shahbaz A.K. Ghayyur
%J Journal of Software Engineering & Intelligent Systems
%P 15-41
%@ 2518-8739
%D 2017
%R -
%X Decision-making is one of the most complex activities in requirements engineering (RE). There are certain factors which affect directly or indirectly to the quality of decision-making. Certain characteristics and guiding principles also exist and theoretically grounded which can play a very important role in improving the quality of decision-making. But, there is a need to improve and evaluate these characteristics and their guiding principles for their effectiveness and prioritization. One of these characteristics is cognitive load that is a major cause for effectiveness of quality of decision-making in RE. It can be reduced by following the guiding principles giving detailed and overview information about the system during decision-making in different phases of RE. Similarly, different techniques also exist in literature which can help in reducing Cognitive Load during decision-making process in RE. However, it is required to evaluate the usefulness of these characteristics in terms of their effectiveness, valuable in a certain context, and their priority in order to increase efficiency. Hence, a survey is conducted in this research in order to evaluate the characteristic of cognitive load and the use of decision support tools, techniques and their effectiveness in making decisions for RE and to reduce cognitive load.
%K Decision Support
%K Requirements Engineering
%K Cognitive Load
%K Decision-Making
%U http://www.jseis.org/Volumes/Vol2/V2N1-3.pdf