PAORE: Package oriented requirements elicitation

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Title: PAORE: Package oriented requirements elicitation
Author(s): Junzo Kato, Motoshi Saeki, Atsushi Ohnishi, Morio Nagata, Haruhiko Kaiya, Seiichi Komiya, Shuichiro Yamamoto, Hisayuki Horai, and Kenji Watahiki.
Source: Proceedings of 10th Asia-Pacific Software EngineeringConference (APSEC 2003), pp. 17-26, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Dec. 2003. IEEE Computer Society Press. ISBN 0-7695-2011-1.

We propose a new requirements elicitation method in such a domain of ERP, CRM, and SCM by using specifications of several existing package software. We have analyzed the requirements elicitation processes of experienced analysts in a specific domain, and found that they clarify requirements by referring the specifications of existing packages that seem to be satisfied with customer's needs. This process can be formulated into two sub-processes: 1) package selection, where an analyst compares the customer's needs with functions/non-functions of packages and selects the suitable candidates of packages; and 2) requirements evolution, where he examines the selected packages with his customer and an approved part of specifications of packages are added into their requirements. The proposed method, called PAORE (PAckage Oriented Requirements Elicitation method) is designed based on the analysis. We applied this method to a simple but realistic example of Web-based Sales Supporting System and assessed it.

@Inproceedings(,
    Title="{PAORE: Package Oriented Requirements Elicitation}",
      Booktitle="Proceedings of 10th Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference
      (APSEC 2003)",
    Author="Junzo Kato and Motoshi Saeki and Atsushi Ohnishi
      and Morio Nagata and Haruhiko Kaiya and Seiichi Komiya
      and Shuichiro Yamamoto and Hisayuki Horai and Kenji Watahiki",
    Pages="17-26",
    Year="2003",
    Month="Dec.",
    Address="Chiang Mai, Thailand",
    Publisher="IEEE Computer Society Press",
    ISBN="0-7695-2011-1"
)