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Requirements prioritization is an important activity of the software development process. It is performed to rank information systems (IS) requirements in the order in which they will be implemented to maximize the value delivered to customers. A number of methods and techniques have been proposed to help organizations prioritize IS requirements. However, they all suffer from a number of limitations and their implementation are mostly informal. This work aims to design a novel method that automates the requirements prioritization process. The proposed method uses the Goal-oriented Requirement Language (GRL) that permits the: (i) modeling of requirements and linking them to the business objectives/goals, and (ii) evaluation of the impact of requirement choices on business objectives/goals. The method attaches contribution and preference values to GRL edges (e.g., contribution links) and GRL nodes (e.g …