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A Simulation-Based Method for Eliciting Requirements of Online CIB Systems

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Many approaches for requirements elicitation have been proposed to help the design of virtual collaborative systems. The design of virtual collaborative systems with CIB activities presents a challenge due to the needs of users to process, interpret, and share information collaboratively. However, most of the design approaches fail in capturing the users’ needs, because they are not designed to capture precisely the main users’ activities during the interplay between ’collaboration’ and ’information’. This paper describes a requirement elicitation method that captures the interactions of potential users in collaborative environments considering CIB activities. The method is based on the simulation of activities it was employed in the design of a virtual collaborative system - a collaborative puzzle - in order to illustrate its usage.

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    Alexandre Parra Carneiro da Silva & Celso Massaki Hirata

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da Silva, A.P.C., Hirata, C.M. (2013). A Simulation-Based Method for Eliciting Requirements of Online CIB Systems. In: Cordeiro, J., Krempels, KH. (eds) Web Information Systems and Technologies. WEBIST 2012. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 140. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36608-6_3

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