Joint Application Design for Requirements Elicitation

Abstract

There are several traditional methods of requirements elicitation and business rule capture utilized by organizations when embarking on systems development projects. Although many technical based requirements can be determined through research of available technology, standards organizations, or existing systems, most functional requirements and business processes can only be learned through interaction with the intended end users of the system under development. Surveys, interviews and questionnaires can be effective, but are often time consuming methods of requirements gathering, and often miss the big picture. Using these methods often do not allow for group discussion, consensus and validation of requirements. In recent years, a more common approach is the use of Joint Application Design (JAD). The JAD method allows for collaboration of a pre-selected population of end users, managers, and analysts with the intent of reaching an accurate and timely consensus on system...