ScenIC: a strategy for inquiry-driven requirements determination

Author

Potts, Colin

Author_Institution

Coll. of Comput., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

58

Lastpage

65

Abstract

ScenIC is a requirements engineering method for evolving systems. Derived from the Inquiry Cycle model of requirements refinement, it uses goal refinement and scenario analysis as its primary methodological strategies. ScenIC rests on an analogy with human memory: semantic memory consists of generalizations about system properties; episodic memory consists of specific episodes and scenarios; and working memory consists of reminders about incomplete refinements. Method-specific reminders and resolution guidelines are activated by the state of episodic or semantic memory. The paper presents a summary of the ScenIC strategy and guidelines

Keywords

formal specification; systems analysis; Inquiry Cycle model; ScenIC strategy; episodic memory; evolving systems; goal refinement; human memory; inquiry-driven requirements engineering; requirements refinement; scenario analysis; semantic memory; working memory; Documentation; Educational institutions; Formal specifications; Graphical models; Guidelines; Humans; Inspection; Programming; Psychology; Vocabulary;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Requirements Engineering, 1999. Proceedings. IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Limerick

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0188-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISRE.1999.777985

Filename

777985