On eliciting requirements from end-users in the ICT4D domain

Pitula, Kristina; Radhakrishnan, T.

doi:10.1007/s00766-011-0127-y

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“…While a discussion of this experiment is out of scope here, the results of our study are presented in [18]. Additionally, by conducting this experiment on different topics in different regions and languages, we demonstrated that this approach is both repeatable and readily adaptable to new contexts in terms of population group, language, and topic.…”

Section: Case Studies In Rural Indiamentioning

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Structured Digital Storytelling for Eliciting Software Requirements in the ICT4D Domain

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Becker

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IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

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Section: Case Studies In Rural Indiamentioning

confidence: 92%

Structured Digital Storytelling for Eliciting Software Requirements in the ICT4D Domain

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“…Inappropriate analysis of environmental constraints, a lack of adequate input from end-users regarding their specific needs and socio-cultural context leads to incomplete software requirements, which in turn to leads to failure of a system (Blake, 2010;Pitula & Radhakrishnan, 2011). ICT4A design and implementation process has been affected by technical and social challenges to make the final output suitable for underprivileged people in developing regions.…”

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Systematic Mapping Study of Information Technology for Development in Agriculture (The Case of Developing Countries)

Zewge

Dittrich

2017

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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With its rapid proliferation in the developing world, information and communication technology (ICT) has been accepted as an opportunity to assist disadvantaged people. Many projects have piloted ICT supporting rural communities in developing countries. Such rural communities are socially complex and infrastructurally weak environments that demand clear understanding of the social, economical, cultural and political preconditions when implementing ICT innovations. To provide a comprehensive overview of what kinds of ICT intervention and research contributions have been achieved, a systematic mapping study (SMS) was carried out. This work presents the state-of-the-art based on related journal and conference papers published between 2006-2014. The review indicates that ICT supporting farmers has gained attention over the past few years with a growing number of contributions. However, the field is still in a consolidating phase. Theoretical concepts are sparse, so it is difficult to generalize and transfer the findings. Specifically, there is limited research in IT design and development process; user-interface design for illiterate people; and user and community involvement in the design process.

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“…Hence, knowledge about the measuring of weights is not likely to help actors very much with assessing the importance of requirements. In the field of requirements engineering, there are many studies in which weights are, explicitly or implicitly, elicited [2,16,18,49,53]. In RE, it is Requirements Eng sometimes possible to use the extent to which a certain attribute contributes to the achievement of a goal as a measure of its importance.…”

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Designing and assessing a course on prioritization and importance assessment in strategic non-routine requirements engineering processes

2015

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In this contribution, we present a course for making stakeholders in requirements engineering (RE) processes aware of the relevance of importance assessment (the thinking process that they go through while assessing requirement weights) and giving them some experience with specific aspects of the importance assessment process. We also analyze the experiences of the participants in five pilot sessions. In RE instruments, elicitation of requirement weights receives much attention. However, the processes that individual stakeholders go through while assessing weights are largely ignored or seen as a 'black box'. In the course, participants gain experience with some common issues and pitfalls in assessing weights. Issues covered are: completeness and interdependence of requirements, causal relationships and the common denominator, handling 'irrational' requirements, and the meaning of 'importance' (priority). The course was given in various large organizations in the aerospace sector, and data on participants' experiences were gathered by means of a standardized questionnaire. The extent to which the participants claimed they learned about the relevance of importance assessment and about how to perform it were, respectively, 2.89 and 2.72 on a scale from 1 to 5. The relevance of the various assignments was rated between 3.74 and 4.00 on a 1-5 scale. Our study indicates that the course, or elements of it, should be embedded in an organization's work practices in order to achieve lasting effects.

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On eliciting requirements from end-users in the ICT4D domain

Cited by 18 publications

References 29 publications

Structured Digital Storytelling for Eliciting Software Requirements in the ICT4D Domain

Structured Digital Storytelling for Eliciting Software Requirements in the ICT4D Domain

Systematic Mapping Study of Information Technology for Development in Agriculture (The Case of Developing Countries)

Designing and assessing a course on prioritization and importance assessment in strategic non-routine requirements engineering processes

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