Designing AquaFriend: The Requirement and Process Models
Akanmu Semiu, Wan Rozaini, Sheikh Osman, Okere Hector Chimeremeze, Ummu Ajirah Abdul Rauf, U. Tosho · SSRN Electronic Journal · 2013
This work is an extract of an on-going research work aimed at delivering a mobile application called AquaFriend. This mobile application is principally usable by fishermen in Malaysia, hence Bahasa Melayu is the language used for displaying its information. However, the requirement and process models presented in this paper are adaptable for usage in any geographical location. The requirement gathering phase of our study presents validated six functional requirements. From our findings, it is shown that: some of the existing mobile applications are only compatible with android operating system, and fully internet-dependent. These features are not consistent with the socio-economic status and technology literacy level of many of these fishermen. This is because: they are mostly rural dwellers. Based on the results of the requirement gathering phase, this work presents a requirement model which shows the validated functional requirements of the mobile application, and also a novel process model of the mobile application. This process model highlights a semi-dependent internet-enabled client-server interaction. These two models are presented in Unified Modelling Language (UML) annotation, and users' participatory design method was employed for the requirements validation process.