Current requirements engineering tools and iMuse

Abstract

With rapidly changing and growing software, the importance of Requirements Engineering (RE) has emerged as one of the primary interests of industry. There are currently tools to catalyze the RE process by featuring functionalities to sort and manage requirements; however, they fall short with regard to eliciting useful information from customers and other stakeholders. This thesis focuses on determining the criteria of a novel RE method that overcomes the current limitations of existing RE methods and implementing it as a tool. The novel method is based on a thorough analysis of available user narration tools from similar industries - User eXperience (UX) and Social video gaming. In order to effectively capture the social processes, that often are in place among a set of stakeholders, specific attention is given to narration tools that capture emotional changes and patterns among stakeholders. Finally, we integrate features corresponding to our criteria in the design and implementation of a new and improved RE tool, iMuse – Integrated Model-based Use-case and Storytelling Environment.