A framework for modelling evolving requirements

Author

Blyth, A.J.C. ; Chudge, J. ; Dobson, J.E. ; Strens, M.R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Newcastle upon Tyne Univ., UK

fYear

1993

fDate

1-5 Nov 1993

Firstpage

83

Lastpage

89

Abstract

The most crucial aspect of software engineering is the gathering of requirements. Increasing the amount of time and improving the quality of effort expended at this stage will lead to fewer and more manageable problems later on in the development life-cycle. The purpose of this paper is to highlight one of the most crucial problems that afflict user organizations when engaging in IT systems: the problem that the requirements for the system may change and evolve during the construction of the system. What we propose in this paper is a framework in which evolving and emerging requirements can be dealt with in an iterative manner within a method constructed upon a user-centered design philosophy. This paper is a presentation of recent developments made in the ORDIT project which was reported on last year

Keywords

management of change; software engineering; systems analysis; user centred design; IT systems; ORDIT project; development life-cycle; emerging requirements; evolving requirements modelling; manageable problems; quality; software engineering; user organizations; user-centered design philosophy; Feedback; Iterative methods; Problem-solving; Process design; Security; Space exploration; Uncertainty; User centered design;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Software and Applications Conference, 1993. COMPSAC 93. Proceedings., Seventeenth Annual International

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

Print_ISBN

0-8186-4440-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CMPSAC.1993.404219

Filename

404219