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Scenario-based requirements analysis

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Alistair SutcliffeAuthors Info & Claims

Requirements Engineering, Volume 3, Issue 1

Pages 48 - 65

https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02802920

Published: 01 September 1998 Publication History

Abstract

A method for scenario-based requirements engineering is described. The method uses two types of scenario: structure models of the system context and scripts of system usage. A modelling language is reported for describing scenarios, and heuristics are given to cross-check dependencies between scenario models and the requirements specification. Heuristics are grouped into several analytic treatments that investigate correspondences between users’ goals and system functions; input events and system processes to deal with them; system output and its destination in the scenario model, and acceptability analysis of system output for different stakeholders. The method is illustrated with a case study taken from the London Ambulance Service report. The prospects for scenario-based requirements engineering and related work are discussed.

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Scenario-based requirements analysis
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Designing software
      1. Requirements analysis
    2. Software development process management
      1. Software development methods
        Rapid application development

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Requirements Engineering Volume 3, Issue 1

Mar 1998

70 pages

ISSN:0947-3602

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