Deriving Information Requirements from Responsibility Models

Ian Sommerville; Russell Lock; Tim Storer; John Dobson

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-02144-2_40

Deriving Information Requirements from Responsibility Models

Ian Sommerville, Russell Lock, Tim Storer, John Dobson

School of Computer Science

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Abstract

This paper describes research in understanding the requirements for complex information systems that are constructed from one or more generic COTS systems. We argue that, in these cases, behavioural requirements axe largely defined by the underlying system and that the goal of the requirements engineering process is to understand the information requirements of system stakeholders. We discuss this notion of information requirements and propose that an understanding of how a socio-technical system is structured in terms of responsibilities is an effective way of discovering this type of requirement. We introduce the idea of responsibility modelling and show, using an example drawn from the domain of emergency planning, how a responsibility model can be used to derive information requirements for a system that coordinates the multiple agencies dealing with an emergency.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advanced Information Systems Engineering
Subtitle of host publication	21st International Conference, CAiSE 2009, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 8-12, 2009. Proceedings
Editors	Pascal van Eck, Jaap Gordijn, Roel Wieringa
Place of Publication	Berlin
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Pages	515-529
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-642-02144-2
ISBN (Print)	978-3-642-02143-5, 3-642-02143-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02144-2_40
Publication status	Published - 2009
Event	21st International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE 2009) - Amsterdam, Netherlands Duration: 8 Jun 2009 → 12 Jun 2009

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	5565
ISSN (Electronic)	0302-9743

Conference

Conference	21st International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE 2009)
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Amsterdam
Period	8/06/09 → 12/06/09

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Sommerville, I., Lock, R., Storer, T., & Dobson, J. (2009). Deriving Information Requirements from Responsibility Models. In P. van Eck, J. Gordijn, & R. Wieringa (Eds.), Advanced Information Systems Engineering: 21st International Conference, CAiSE 2009, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 8-12, 2009. Proceedings (pp. 515-529). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 5565). Springer-Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02144-2_40

Sommerville, Ian ; Lock, Russell ; Storer, Tim et al. / Deriving Information Requirements from Responsibility Models. Advanced Information Systems Engineering: 21st International Conference, CAiSE 2009, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 8-12, 2009. Proceedings. editor / Pascal van Eck ; Jaap Gordijn ; Roel Wieringa. Berlin : Springer-Verlag, 2009. pp. 515-529 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Sommerville, I, Lock, R, Storer, T & Dobson, J 2009, Deriving Information Requirements from Responsibility Models. in P van Eck, J Gordijn & R Wieringa (eds), Advanced Information Systems Engineering: 21st International Conference, CAiSE 2009, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 8-12, 2009. Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 5565, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 515-529, 21st International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE 2009), Amsterdam, Netherlands, 8/06/09. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02144-2_40

Deriving Information Requirements from Responsibility Models. / Sommerville, Ian; Lock, Russell; Storer, Tim et al.
Advanced Information Systems Engineering: 21st International Conference, CAiSE 2009, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 8-12, 2009. Proceedings. ed. / Pascal van Eck; Jaap Gordijn; Roel Wieringa. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2009. p. 515-529 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 5565).

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Sommerville I, Lock R, Storer T, Dobson J. Deriving Information Requirements from Responsibility Models. In van Eck P, Gordijn J, Wieringa R, editors, Advanced Information Systems Engineering: 21st International Conference, CAiSE 2009, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 8-12, 2009. Proceedings. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. 2009. p. 515-529. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-02144-2_40

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