A framework for understanding creativity in requirements engineering

  • Authors:
  • Lemai Nguyen;Graeme Shanks

  • Affiliations:
  • School of Information Systems, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125, Melbourne, Australia;Department of Information Systems, The University of Melbourne, Australia

  • Venue:
  • Information and Software Technology
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

Creativity is important in the discovery and analysis of user and business requirements to achieve innovative uses of information and communication technologies. This paper builds a theoretical framework for understanding creativity in requirements engineering. The framework provides a systematic means of understanding creativity in requirements engineering and comprises five elements (product, process, domain, people and socio-organisational context). The framework provides researchers with a sound basis for exploring how the five elements of creativity can be incorporated within RE methods and techniques to support creative requirements engineering. It provides practitioners with a systematic means of creating environments that nurture and develop creative people, cognitive and collaborative processes and products.