Taking to scenarios to improve the requirements process: an experience report
Karl Cox · 2000
Scenario-based design is a new approach to requirements engineering. Studies show that using scenarios is proving successful. Whole software processes have been proposed that are based around scenarios, for instance, the various use case-based software processes that have recently appeared in the literature. With the demands for time-to-market becoming more and more severe especially in the financial sector, scenarios can play a significant part in the requirements process. This paper reports on the take up and usage of scenarios by a company in the financial sector. It is our experience that from an often messy requirements process, the introduction of scenarios, first in an ad hoc, then in a more structured way, has improved requirements gathering and validation for both the company and for their clients. Indeed, the success of this “novel” approach has convinced the company to adopt a scenario-driven requirements process. (10 pages)