Proposal of a Model for Comparison and Choosing of Frameworks for Software Development Based on Non-Functional Requirements

The choice of the frameworks that are used throughout software development causes a direct impact over the developed product but is often done subjectively. In this context, this article aims to present a model for making the frameworks choice in a rational way through an iterative model based on the nonfunctional requirements of the frameworks that will be evaluated. The model defines three steps that can be repeated if there is any doubt at the end of each iteration. During the first stage, the configuration of the questionnaire is carried out with the definition of the questions that will be used during the evaluation and their respective weights. The next step is to apply the questionnaire set up in the previous step for further calculation of the results. In the third and last step the given answers are quantified to determine which framework is most suitable for the evaluated context. At the end of the third step, if it is still not possible to define which is the most appropriate, a new iteration can be performed. The proposed model aims to rationally decide which artifact should be adopted. At the end, it is presented a study case of this model which chooses framework of graphic libraries for the Mosaicode project.