An Assistive Approach for Learning Goal Modeling
Karenna Kung, Alicia M. Grubb · 2025
Goal models, as part of a model-driven engineering approach, allow users to specify the needs and rationales of stakeholders and the dependencies between them. Goal modeling software allows users to model situations and analyze tradeoffs between various stakeholders’ goals. However, building and analyzing goal models is not always intuitive for new and non-technical users. While stakeholders who routinely use goal models can receive training through their enterprises, new users and those from smaller organizations may not have the time or resources to undergo extensive training. Integrating training into goal modeling software itself would allow users to create and analyze goal models without requiring external training, while embedding explanations of goal modeling concepts into the context of the user’s model. In this paper, we present our design for embedded instructional tutorials that aim to guide and instruct first-time goal modelers, while clarifying the common points of confusion.