DocumentCode :
2398461
Title :
Discourse analysis of requirements and knowledge elicitation interviews
Author :
Alvarez, Rosío
Author_Institution :
Massachusetts Univ., Boston, MA, USA
fYear :
2002
fDate :
7-10 Jan. 2002
Abstract :
The paper sets forth a framework for examining the discourse of interviews that take place during requirements analysis and knowledge elicitation. Research has shown that requirements and knowledge elicitation techniques are very similar if not identical in some instances. Moreover, eliciting user requirements is a critical and difficult activity of both information and knowledge based systems development. Requirements and knowledge elicitation are discursively mediated social practices. Through discourse analysis, the paper shows that narratives emerge during elicitation interviews. In particular; clients propose a "storytelling frame" where the talk is inviting and rich, which conflicts with that proposed by analysts. A frame brings with it certain \´rules\´ about turns and topics. The paper portrays a conflict between the preferred frames of the analyst and client which points to some of the problems that characterize elicitation interviews. Explanations of why frames are proposed, resisted and sustained are explored.
Keywords :
human factors; knowledge acquisition; social aspects of automation; systems analysis; discourse analysis; discursively mediated social practices; elicitation interviews; knowledge based systems development; knowledge elicitation interviews; narratives; preferred frames; requirements analysis; storytelling frame; user requirements; Encoding; Expert systems; Humans; Information analysis; Information systems; Knowledge acquisition; Knowledge based systems; Knowledge engineering; Vocabulary;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 2002. HICSS. Proceedings of the 35th Annual Hawaii International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1435-9
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.2002.994388
Filename :
994388
Link To Document :
بازگشت