Publication Type

Conference Proceeding Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

8-2003

Abstract

Regardless of the system development methodology adopted, being able to understand users’ informationrequirements is vital to the success of an information systems project. The intrinsic communications obstaclesexist within an individual user, among users, and between users and systems analysts. Different requirementsdetermination and analysis (RDA) techniques have been widely used with different outcomes. Some limitations of these techniques can be identified. In this paper, we propose a mental modeling approach to support RDA. Popular in other disciplines, mental modeling techniques have some distinct advantages to overcome some intrinsic communication obstacles in RDA, and to complement other techniques.

Keywords

Information systems development, mental modeling, requirements determination and analysis (RDA), mind mapping, cognitive mapping, concept mapping

Discipline

Databases and Information Systems

Research Areas

Information Systems and Management

Areas of Excellence

Digital transformation

Publication

Proceedings of the 9th Americas Conference on Information Systems(AMCIS 2003), Tampa, Florida, USA, August 4-6

First Page

1370

Last Page

1379

Publisher

AMCIS

City or Country

Tampa, Florida, USA

Additional URL

https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2003/170

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