Requirements Elicitation with Web-Based Focus Groups

Requirements elicitation techniques: a systematic literature review based on the maturity of the techniques

“…Additionally, use cases are an effective technique if they are used as a secondary technique. According to the authors in [161, 175–177], the workshops were considered effective because these help stakeholders to negotiate and collaborate in an effective way. Duggan and Thachenkary [157] affirmed that JAD is an effective technique for eliciting quality requirements. JAD is often used with rapid AD, an iterative and incremental approach for improving the quality and speed of a system design by supporting it with structured methods and computer aided software engineering (CASE) tools. Researches by the authors in [82, 84–86, 164] state that the focus group technique is effective because it promotes the discussion among stakeholder with the aim of formalising the requirements. Niknafs and Berry [93] and Konaté et al [94] consider that brainstorming is an effective technique for eliciting needs by producing, voting, organising, and reviewing in a collaborative way all the ideas. Ordóñez et al [152] show the effectiveness of the business process models compared with user stories in software agile development. The results indicate a higher effectiveness for models as a primary technique because these enable analysts to clearly specify the stakeholders’ needs and business objectives. Isabirye and Flowerday [164] propose to use the user stories as a primary technique because the user stories take advantage of the usual mode of communication among stakeholders in order to obtain a complete understanding of the problem and its context (e.g.…”

“…Researches by the authors in [82, 84–86, 164] state that the focus group technique is effective because it promotes the discussion among stakeholder with the aim of formalising the requirements.…”

“…JAD is often used with rapid AD, an iterative and incremental approach for improving the quality and speed of a system design by supporting it with structured methods and computer aided software engineering (CASE) tools. • Researches by the authors in [82,[84][85][86]164] state that the focus group technique is effective because it promotes the discussion among stakeholder with the aim of formalising the requirements. • Niknafs and Berry [93] and Konaté et al [94] consider that brainstorming is an effective technique for eliciting needs by producing, voting, organising, and reviewing in a collaborative way all the ideas.…”

Elicitation of Requirements for the Design of Mobile Financial Advisory Services -- Instantiation and Validation of the Requirement Data Model with a Multi-method Approach

“…Such a prototyping approach is widely acknowledged for the RE process and is especially useful in FG [41] and should also stimulate the discussion [11]. Overall, we conducted four FG.…”

“…Farinha and Silva [11] argue that FG utilize synergies among the participants and solve some of the communication challenges with regard to RE.…”