About this course: In Elicitation: Artifact and Stakeholder Driven Analysis, you will learn to use both recorded and presently unrecorded knowledge in your elicitation techniques. As you get started in finding out about the new product, you must first learn about the product that was (if there was one) and then learn about the system to be. Oftentimes, you'll find yourself in an environment you know nothing about! This course will help you find ways to learn about the domain, the system that was, and the system to be. Please review: "Who this class is for to determine if you are ready to take this graduate level course".
Who is this class for: This is a graduate level class and can prove useful to those just entering the software engineering process, as well as those who have years of experience. Coding is not needed. Software engineers, managers, security engineers, technical writers, testers, and many more can learn much from these lessons in gaining a better understanding of how software requirements tie to your jobs. You will also gain extended views compared to the software processes your companies currently use. This specialization is a beginning course into Software Requirements and introduces fundamental software engineering lifecycle comparisons, applied to the roles of the requirements analyst. Artifact driven and stakeholder driven elicitation techniques are the focus. Who do you talk to and how? This is also a course in the Engineering Secure Software Requirements Certificate, which can be used as a professional certificate or as a start toward further graduate studies in Computer Science or Software Engineering. Here we primarily focus on artifact and stakeholder driven elicitation and how it can be used toward gathering domain knowledge and knowledge of the system that was and the system to be.
Created by: University of Colorado System
Taught by: Kristen Walcott-Justice, Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science
| Basic Info | Course 2 of 5 in the Requirements Engineering: Secure Software Specifications Specialization |
| Level | Beginner |
| Commitment | 4 weeks of study, 1-2 hours per week |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
Syllabus
WEEK 1
Artifact Driven Elicitation
One step of gathering domain knowledge and knowledge of the system that was and the system to be is through artifact-driven elicitation. Here we will discuss what artifact-driven elicitation entails, how to go about learning background from the stakeholders, and methods to obtain and deal with the data.
4 videos, 4 readings, 3 practice quizzes
- Reading: Artifact-driven Elicitation - Slides
- Discussion Prompt: Who are your Stakeholders? A Meeting Scheduler Example
- Practice Quiz: Artifact Driven Elicitation Challenge Questions
- Video: Artifact gathering - Questionnaires
- Reading: Artifact Gathering - Slides
- Practice Quiz: Artifact Gathering Practice Questions
- Video: Repertory grids
- Reading: Repertory Grids - Slide
- Practice Quiz: Practice Questions Repertory Grids
- Video: Card sorts/conceptual laddering
- Reading: Card Sorts / Conceptual Laddering - Slide
Graded: Artifact Driven Elicitation
WEEK 2
Storyboarding and Scenarios
As you talk with customers early on, developing storyboards and scenarios help. They are easily communicable to both the customer and later to developers and work in all software development lifecycles. Mockups and prototypes can also be used- CAREFULLY. Here we explain these concepts along with their large benefits and dangers.
4 videos, 4 readings, 2 practice quizzes
- Reading: Storyboarding
- Video: Scenarios
- Video: Scenario Advantages and Disadvantages
- Reading: Scenarios / Scenarios Advantages & Disadvantages - Slides
- Reading: Requirements Elicitation: Towards the Unknown Unknowns
- Practice Quiz: Challenge/Practice Questions Storyboarding/Scenarios
- Video: Mockups and Prototypes
- Reading: Mockups and Prototypes - Slides
- Practice Quiz: Challenge questions Mockups/Prototypes
- Discussion Prompt: Storyboarding Discussion
Graded: Storyboards and Scenarios
Graded: Storyboarding and Putting a Project Together
WEEK 3
Reusing Existing Knowledge
In understanding the system to be and the system that was, existing knowledge of the domain and current scenarios needed are helpful. These can be related back to models. This lesson discusses knowledge that can be obtained, from what resources, and how that can be mapped to existing models for help in further elicitation.
2 videos, 3 readings, 2 practice quizzes
- Reading: Knowledge Reuse - Slides
- Practice Quiz: Practice Questions for Knowledge ReUse
- Discussion Prompt: Discussion Knowledge Reuse
- Video: Meta-Model Usage and Reuse Pros and Cons
- Reading: Meta-Model Usage and Reuse Pros and Cons - Slides
- Reading: Inferring declarative requirements specifications from operational scenarios
- Practice Quiz: Challenge Questions Meta-model Useage
Graded: Reusing Existing Knowledge
WEEK 4
Interviewing- Learning from the Sources
Knowledge of the system-as-is and the system-to-be can be obtained through interviews. While the concept of conducting an interview seems easy overall, an efficient and effective interview is challenging to conduct. Here we'll talk about guides to meeting effectiveness and guidelines for conducting a useful interview, specifically for determining what the stakeholder has and needs.
6 videos, 5 readings, 3 practice quizzes
- Reading: Stakeholder Elicitation: Starting Interviewing Techniques - Slides
- Practice Quiz: Stakeholder Elicitation-Interviewing Techniques Challenge Questions
- Video: SAMOSAs- Leading to Meeting Effectiveness
- Reading: SAMOSAs - Leading to Meeting Effectiveness - Slides
- Video: Interview Pros and Cons
- Video: Guidelines for Effective Interviews
- Reading: Guidelines for Effective Interviews - Slide
- Practice Quiz: Practice Questions: SAMOSAs, Interview techniques
- Video: Observation and Ethnographic Studies
- Reading: Observation and Ethnographic Studies - Slides
- Discussion Prompt: Discussion Interviewers
- Video: Combining Techniques
- Reading: Combining Techniques and Conclusions - Slides
- Practice Quiz: Practice Questions Combining Techniques/Ethnographic studies
Graded: Interviewing- Learning from the Sources
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