1. Tool support for requirements analysis
- Author
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Keng Ng, Jeff Kramer, Ken Whitehead, and Colin Potts
- Subjects
Sequence ,General Computer Science ,Workstation ,business.industry ,Computer science ,General Engineering ,Software requirements specification ,System requirements specification ,Animation ,law.invention ,Set (abstract data type) ,Fragment (logic) ,law ,Systems engineering ,Software engineering ,business ,Requirements analysis - Abstract
This paper describes an approach to the provision of tool support for two particular aspects of requirements analysis: method support by active guidance, and specification interpretation and validation by animation. Method guidance is supported by a method model used to describe the sequence of method steps that should be followed. Animation provides an indication of the dynamic behaviour of the specified system by walking through a specification fragment to follow some scenario of interest. This approach to tool assistance has been tested by implementing a prototype set of tools for the CORE method and the Analyst workstation, and by application to a major case study. The current status of that work is described and evaluated.
- Published
- 1988