Requirement document language quality feedback and improvement

A method for locating and fixing words and/or phrases that cause confusion in a requirement statement, the method comprising:

• receiving, at processing circuitry of a device, the requirement statement, the requirement statement specifies requirements for a product or service;
• determining, by the processing circuitry, a count of each of the words and/or phrases that are in the requirement statement and defined in one or more memory devices coupled to the device and a location of the words and/or phrases in the requirement statement;
• determining, by the processing circuitry, a score for the requirement statement based on a maximum allowable score in one or more memory devices, the determined count, and respective deductions associated with the words and/or phrases in the one or more memory devices, wherein the maximum allowable score is reduced by the each of the deductions to determine the score, the words and/or phrases corresponding to at least two of (i) an imperative, (ii) a directive, (iii) a continuance, (iv) an option, (v) a weak phrase, (vi) a conjunction, (vii) a number of words in the requirement statement, or (viii) a readability of the requirement statement;
• generating, by the processing circuitry, (i) a report indicating the score and the location of the words and/or phrases that reduced the maximum allowable score and (ii) an updated requirement statement that indicates locations of words and/or phrases that caused the deductions and reduces the confusion caused by the words and/or phrases that led to the deductions from the maximum allowable score;
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• causing a user interface to provide a view of the updated requirement statement for a user to fix the words and/or phrases that cause confusion.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage device including instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a machine, configure the machine to perform operations for determining words and/or phrases that cause confusion in a requirement statement, the operations comprising:

• receiving the requirement statement, the requirement statement specifies requirements for a product or service;
• determining a count of each of the words and/or phrases that are in the requirement statement and defined in one or more memory devices and a location of the words and/or phrases in the requirement statement;
• determining a score for the requirement statement based on a maximum allowable score in the one or more memory devices, the determined count, and respective deductions associated with the words and/or phrases in the one or more memory devices, wherein the maximum allowable score is reduced by the each of the deductions to determine the score, the words and/or phrases corresponding to at least two of (i) an imperative, (ii) a directive, (iii) a continuance, (iv) an option, (v) a weak phrase, (vi) a conjunction, (vii) a number of words in the requirement statement, or (viii) a readability of the requirement statement;
• generating (i) a report indicating the score and the location of the words and/or phrases that reduced the maximum allowable score and (ii) an updated requirement statement that indicates locations of words and/or phrases that caused the deductions and reduces the confusion caused by the words and/or phrases that led to the deductions from the maximum allowable score;
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• causing a user interface to provide a view of the updated requirement statement for a user to fix the words and/or phrases that cause confusion.