ICS 667, Week of 1/19 and 1/26: Requirements Analysis

Due to the MLK holiday and my travel we split this across two weeks: 1/19 and 1/26

Assignment Due

Assignment 1: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly due 1/19

New Topics and Readings

Scenario-based Requirements Analysis

Rosson & Carroll Ch. 2.

Root Concept, Field Studies, Artifact analysis, Problem Scenarios, Claims Analysis, Hierarchical Task Analysis

User Role Models, Operational Context, Using Users

Constantine & Lockwood Ch. 4, 13, 20.

Constantine & Lockwood's approach to requirements analysis is scattered throughout the text in the chapters on User Role Models, Operational Context, Using Users.

Slides

02_Requirements.pdf

Activities

We will try doing a root concept, interviews, artifact analysis, role models and maps, problem and activity scenarios and claims analysis for an electronic address book.

New Assignment

Assignment 2: Requirements Analysis for Collaborative Calendar: due 2/2

Also start to read the Ducheneaut-Bellotti-2001 paper on Email as Habitat (see disCourse for link).

The End.