Requirements Elicitation

Matrix

Influencing Factors		Methods
Influencing Factors		Brainstorming	Brainstorming Paradox	Method 6-3-5	Change of Perspective	Walt Disney Method	Bionics / Bisociation	Osborn Checklist	Field Observation	Apprenticing	Questionaire	Interview

Human	Low motivation of stakeholders	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	+	x	0	+
	Poor communicative skills	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	++	++	x	+
	Low capability of abstract thinking	x	x	x	x	x	0	x	++	++	0	+
	Many different opinions	+	+	++	+	0	+	+	++	++	+	0
	Imbalance of power between participants	x	x	+	+	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Problematic group dynamics	x	x	+	+	+	0	0	0	0	0	0

Organisational	Development for a compley market	++	+	+	+	++	+	+	x	x	++	0
	Fixed and tight project budget	++	++	++	+	+	x	+	+	x	x	+
	Geographic distribution of stakeholders	x	x	0	x	0	x	0	0	0	++	0
	Poor availability of stakeholders (time factor)	+	+	+	x	x	x	+	+	x	+	++
	High amount of stakeholders	+	+	x	+	x	0	0	0	x	++	0

Technical / content related	High criticallity of the issue	0	0	0	+	0	0	0	++	x	+	+
	Large scope of the system	0	0	0	0	0	x	x	+	x	x	+
	No experience in the domain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	x	+	x	x
	Rough requirements are being searched	++	++	++	+	+	+	++	+	0	+	++
	Detailled requirements are being searched	+	+	+	+	x	0	0	+	++	x	+
	Non-functional requirements	0	0	0	0	0	+	+	0	+	x	+
	Complexity of the issue	0	0	0	0	0	+	x	x	x	x	+

x	not recommended
0	between “no impact” and “is applicable”
+	recommended
++	highly recommended