Authors:
Jônatas Medeiros de Mendonça
1
;
Pedro Garcêz de Moura
1
;
Weudes Evangelista
1
;
Hugo Martins
1
;
Rafael Reis
1
;
Edna Dias Canedo
1
;
Rodrigo Bonifácio
1
;
Carla Silva
2
and
Fernando Wanderley
3
Affiliations:
1
University of Brasília (UnB), Brazil
;
2
Federal Universityof Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil
;
3
University New of Lisboa (UNL), Portugal
Keyword(s):
Business Process Model, Requirement Elicitation, Empirical Evaluation, REMO Technique.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Information Systems Analysis and Specification
;
Requirements Analysis And Management
;
Software Engineering
Abstract:
The Requirements Elicitation oriented by business process MOdeling (REMO) technique presents a set of
heuristics to support the elicitation of requirements based on business process models. Although empirically
validated only in controlled environments, the literature does not report evidence regarding the applicability
of the technique in real scenarios. In this context, this paper presents an empirical evaluation applied in an
industrial settings, using a multimethod approach, where a quantitative analysis measured the applicability
of the technique and a qualitative analysis the utility and ease of use according to requirements analysts. As
for the results, the quantitative analysis made it clear that the REMO technique can bring real benefit in the
context of the study, identifying a higher number of funcional requirements than the conventional approach
(without the support of the REMO technique). This benefit is reached without overcomplicating the task of
eliciting requirements.