Exploring how to use scenarios to discover requirements

Norbert Seyff, Neil A. M. Maiden, J. Lockerbie, K. Karlsen, Paul Grünbacher

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Abstract

This paper investigates the effectiveness of different uses of scenarios on requirements discovery using results from requirements processes in two projects. The first specified requirements on a new aircraft management system at a regional UK airport to reduce its environmental impact. The second specified new work-based learning tools to be adopted by a consortium of organizations. In both projects scenarios were walked through both in facilitated workshops and in the stakeholders’ workplaces using different forms of a scenario tool. In the second project, scenarios were also walked through with a software prototype and creativity prompts. Results revealed both qualitative and quantitative differences in discovered requirements that have potential implications for models of scenario-based requirements discovery and the design of scenario tools.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)91-111
Number of pages21
JournalRequirements Engineering
Volume14
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2009

Fields of science

  • 102 Computer Sciences
  • 102009 Computer simulation
  • 102011 Formal languages
  • 102013 Human-computer interaction
  • 102029 Practical computer science
  • 102022 Software development
  • 102024 Usability research

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