ACME/PRIME: requirements acquisition for process-driven systems

The paper discusses a requirements gathering methodology and tool support for a class of systems we term service oriented systems. The requirements acquisition methodology that our tools support is, not surprisingly, a process centered methodology, since the processes of the system map to the services provided by our organization. The ACME/PRIME tool to support this methodology is built upon a conceptual modeling platform (ACME) that traces its roots to RML. The paper discusses our approach to one of the fundamental problems of requirements engineering, i.e., dealing with over and under specification of requirements. We also provide some lessons learned from deploying the ACME/PRIME tool in our corporate requirements office