Contemporary Methods for
Determining Requirements
Joint Application Design (JAD)
Brings together key users, managers,
and systems analysts
Purpose: collect system requirements
simultaneously from key people
Conducted off-site
Group Support Systems
Facilitate sharing of ideas and voicing
of opinions about system
requirements
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Contemporary Methods for
Determining Requirements(cont.)
CASE tools
Used to analyze existing systems
Help discover requirements to meet
changing business conditions
System prototypes
Iterative development process
Rudimentary working version of
system is built
Refine understanding of system
requirements in concrete terms