Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/389
Title: | Effective communication in requirements elicitation: A comparison of methodologies |
Authors: | Macredie, RD Coughlan, JA |
Keywords: | Communication;Context;Elicitation;Requirements;Socially oriented methodologies;User-designer interaction |
Issue Date: | 2002 |
Publisher: | Springer London |
Citation: | Requirements Engineering, 7(2): 47-60 |
Abstract: | The elicitation or communication of user requirements comprises an early and critical but highly error-prone stage in system development. Socially oriented methodologies provide more support for user involvement in design than the rigidity of more traditional methods, facilitating the degree of user-designer communication and the 'capture' of requirements. A more emergent and collaborative view of requirements elicitation and communication is required to encompass the user, contextual and organisational factors. From this accompanying literature in communication issues in requirements elicitation, a four-dimensional framework is outlined and used to appraise comparatively four different methodologies seeking to promote a closer working relationship between users and designers. The facilitation of communication between users and designers is subject to discussion of the ways in which communicative activities can be 'optimised' for successful requirements gathering, by making recommendations based on the four dimensions to provide fruitful considerations for system designers. |
URI: | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/389 http://www.springerlink.com/content/y1pmvw1nu2gtb92g/ |
Appears in Collections: | Computer Science Dept of Computer Science Research Papers |
Files in This Item:
File | Description | Size | Format | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Coughlan&MacredieFINAL copy.pdf | 990.81 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
Items in BURA are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.