Implementing structural measures over i* diagrams

Abstract

Measuring is a key issue in any software-related activity. In the context of the i* framework, we are implementing Measufier, a prototype for measuring i* diagrams in terms of properties that may be derived from their structure (structural measures). The prototype works over i* diagrams represented by the iStarML interchange format, and provides some facilities for managing measures' catalogues, customizing the measures to the analyst needs, and computing the measure over particular diagrams.