Generating fast feedback in requirements elicitation

  • Authors:
  • Kurt Schneider

  • Affiliations:
  • FG Software Engineering, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany

  • Venue:
  • REFSQ'07 Proceedings of the 13th international working conference on Requirements engineering: foundation for software quality
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

Getting feedback fast is essential during early requirements activities. Requirements analysts need to capture interpret and validate raw requirements and information. In larger projects, a series of interviews and workshops is conducted. Stakeholder feedback for validation purposes is often collected in a second series of interviews, which may take weeks to complete. However, this may (1) delay the entire project, (2) cause stakeholders to lose interest and commitment, and (3) result in outdated, invalid requirements. Based on our "By Product-Approach", we developed the "Fast Feedback" technique to collect additional information during initial interviews. User interface mock-ups are sketched and animated during the first interview and animated using the use case steps as guidance. This shortcut saves one or two interview cycles. A large administrative software project was the trigger for this work.