Using i* to Elicit and Model Transparency in the Presence of Other Non-Functional Requirements: A Position Paper
Luiz Marcio Cysneiros · iStar · 2013
Transparency has been, for long, a general requirement for democratic societies. The right to be informed as well as to have access to information has been an important issue on modern societies. Nowadays, Transparency has been elevated to a must have property to be delivered by governments and businesses. In an era when computer systems are ubiquitous and present in almost every aspect of our lives, it seems natural that Transparency becomes a key requirement in our software systems. We believe that Transparency can rarely be satisfied. The best we can do is to satisfy it within acceptable limits (satisfice). Therefore, we consid- er Transparency a Non-Functional Requirements (NFR) that should be elicited and modelled in the presence of other competing and synergistic NFR. Intentions be- hind the adoption of Transparency may play an important role while eliciting solu- tions for software to deliver appropriate levels of Transparency. Hence, we believe that the i* framework is ideal to elicit and model Transparency. This work will show initial ideas for using i* to support this effort.