On the use of goal-oriented methodology for designing agriculture services in developing countries

Authors:
Amanuel Zewge;Komminist Weldemariam;Sebsibe Hailemariam;Adolfo Villafiorita;Angelo Susi;Mesfin Belachew
Affiliations:
Adama University, Ethiopia;Fondazione Bruno Kessler;Addis Ababa University;Fondazione Bruno Kessler;Fondazione Bruno Kessler;Ministry of Comm. & IT
Venue:
Proceedings of the International Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems
Year:
2012

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Abstract

Access to agricultural information services is vital to improve the livelihood of farmers in many directions specifically in the developing countries. There are several requirements for these services most of which stem from the nature and livelihood of involved stakeholders. Though various systems have been put to use so far, most failed to integrate these stakeholders in their requirement elicitation and design strategies. This paper uses a goal-oriented approach to provide an exhaustive view on the domain from specific design ideas to abstract requirements. The approach allows us to consider alternatives when developing novel services and to balance the impact that each design space can have on functional requirements of the system to-be. The analysis and design process took a bottom-up approach that starts from field study to the use of goal-oriented approach for the analysis and designing of requirements for the system to-be.