Beyond Awareness Requirements

Alistair Sutcliffe; Peter Sawyer

doi:10.1109/RE.2016.63

Beyond Awareness Requirements

Alistair Sutcliffe
, Peter Sawyer

College of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Lancaster University

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3 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

We report the strategies and outcomes of requirements analysis in the SAMS project, which aims to detect early signs of dementia from records of user behaviour derived from monitoring home computer activity. Initial requirements elicitation specified a complex monitoring system in the genre of awareness requirements. As the complexity of the requirements for interpreting user activity became apparent, we revised our strategy towards an iterative refinement driven by analysis of recorded data. We propose that analysis of complex awareness requirements may necessitate a tool-driven approach where data mining software is configured to discover new requirements. Requirements for data mining and data analysis in SAMS are described. Application of the conceptual architecture for directing requirements analysis strategy in complex system with human in the loop for data analysis and adaptation is investigated. The implications for the extended view for RE are discussed with reference to systems with potentially unknown requirements. A research road map is outlined for the convergence of data mining and RE.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2016 IEEE 24th International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2016
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	383-388
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509041213
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/RE.2016.63
Publication status	Published - 2 Dec 2016
Event	24th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2016 - Beijing, China Duration: 12 Sept 2016 → 16 Sept 2016

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Name	2016 IEEE 24th International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE)
Publisher	IEEE
ISSN (Electronic)	2332-6441

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Conference	24th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2016
Country/Territory	China
City	Beijing
Period	12/09/16 → 16/09/16

Funding

The work described in this paper is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) in the UK, within the Software Architecture for Mental health Self-management (SAMS) project, references EP/K015796/1, EP/K015761/1 and EP/K015826/1.

Keywords

awareness requirements
data mining
medical informatics
requirements elicitation
unknown requirements

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Sutcliffe, A & Sawyer, P 2016, Beyond Awareness Requirements. in Proceedings - 2016 IEEE 24th International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2016., 7765548, 2016 IEEE 24th International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE), IEEE, pp. 383-388, 24th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2016, Beijing, China, 12/09/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/RE.2016.63

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