Beyond goal driven requirements engineering for purposeful system design

Colette Rolland (1)

1 CRI - Centre de Recherche en Informatique de Paris 1

Requirements engineering has drawn our attention to the importance of understanding the 'whys' of the system tot be developed. While agreeing with this position, this paper argues that the fit between the 'whats' and the 'whys' is key to develop purposeful systems, i.e. to ensure the best match between organisation needs (whys) and system functionality (whats). The paper explores issues related to the whys-whats relationship referred to as the fitness relationship.

Domaines: Autre [cs.OH]

Colette Rolland. Beyond goal driven requirements engineering for purposeful system design. Utility, Usability and Complexity of Emergent IS, 2003, Belgium. pp.1. ⟨hal-00706988⟩