Experience in e-Science Requirements Engineering

Sarah Thew; Alistair Sutcliffe; Oscar De Bruijn; John McNaught; Rob Procter; Colin Venters; Iain Buchan

doi:10.1109/RE.2008.34

Experience in e-Science Requirements Engineering

Sarah Thew, Alistair Sutcliffe, Oscar De Bruijn, John McNaught, Rob Procter, Colin Venters, Iain Buchan

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We describe the experience of using a combination of requirements engineering techniques (scenarios, storyboards, observation and workshops) in an e-science application to develop a geographical analysis tool for epidemiologists. Problems encountered were: eliciting tacit knowledge; and creating new visions and working practices for our users. The combination of techniques worked well, although observation of working practice was not so effective in this scientific domain, where activity is mainly cognitive.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 16th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE'08\|Proc. IEEE Int. Requir. Eng. Conf., RE
Place of Publication	IEEE Explore Digital Library
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	277-282
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	9780769533094
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/RE.2008.34
Publication status	Published - Sept 2008
Event	16th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE'08 - Barcelona, Catalunya Duration: 1 Jul 2008 → …

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Conference	16th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE'08
City	Barcelona, Catalunya
Period	1/07/08 → …

Keywords

e-science requirements engineering
geographic information systems
geographical analysis tool
middleware
systems analysiscollaborative research
tacit knowledge

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Thew, S, Sutcliffe, A , De Bruijn, O , McNaught, J, Procter, R, Venters, C & Buchan, I 2008, Experience in e-Science Requirements Engineering. in Proceedings of the 16th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE'08|Proc. IEEE Int. Requir. Eng. Conf., RE. IEEE, IEEE Explore Digital Library, pp. 277-282, 16th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE'08, Barcelona, Catalunya, 1/07/08. https://doi.org/10.1109/RE.2008.34

Experience in e-Science Requirements Engineering. / Thew, Sarah; Sutcliffe, Alistair ; De Bruijn, Oscar et al.
Proceedings of the 16th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE'08|Proc. IEEE Int. Requir. Eng. Conf., RE. IEEE Explore Digital Library: IEEE, 2008. p. 277-282.

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