Yu E. et al. Social Modeling for Requirements Engineering

The MIT Press, 2010. — 752 p. — ISBN: 0262240556, 9780262240550.Much of the difficulty in creating information technology systems that truly meet people``s needs lies in the problem of pinning down system requirements. This book offers a new approach to the requirements challenge, based on modeling and analyzing the relationships among stakeholders.
Although the importance of the system-environment relationship has long been recognized in the requirements engineering field, most requirements modeling techniques express the relationship in mechanistic and behavioral terms.
. This book describes a modeling approach (called the i* framework) that conceives of software-based information systems as being situated in environments in which social actors relate to each other in terms of goals to be achieved, tasks to be performed, and resources to be furnished. Social perspectives on computing have provided much insight for many years. The i* framework aims to offer a modeling approach to the relationships embedded in computer systems that is part of an engineering method that offers systematic techniques and tools providing smooth linkages to the rest of the system development process, including system design and implementation. The book includes Eric Yu``s original proposal for the i* framework as well as research that applies, adapts, extends, or evaluates the social modeling concepts and approach.Foreword by Stephen FickasModeling Framework
Social Modeling for Requirements Engineering: An Introduction – Eric Yu, Paolo Giorgini, Neil Maiden, and John Mylopoulos
Modeling Strategic Relationships for Process Reengineering – Eric Yu
Applications and Experiences
Using i* in Requirements Projects: Some Experiences and Lessons – Neil Maiden, Sara Jones, Cornelius Ncube, and James Lockerbie
Requirements Engineering for Trust-Based Interorganizational Networks – Gu¨ nter Gans, Matthias Jarke, Stefanie Kethers, Gerhard Lakemeyer, and Dominik Schmitz
Using Formal Agent Specification Languages for the Analysis, Verification, and Simulation of i* Models – Alexei Lapouchnian and Yves Lespe´ rance
Socially Grounded Analysis of Knowledge Management Systems and Processes – Renata S. S. Guizzardi, Anna Perini, and Virginia Dignum
Applications in Security and Privacy
Improving Risk-Based Security Analysis with i* – Eric Dubois, Nicolas Mayer, and Andre´ Rifaut
Using i* to Model Access Policies: Relating Actors to Their Organizational Context – Robert Crook, Darrel Ince, and Bashar Nuseibeh
Detecting Conflicts between Functional and Security Requirements with Secure Tropos: John Rusnak and the Allied Irish Bank
Fabio Massacci and Nicola Zannone Secure Tropos: Extending i* and Tropos to Model Security Throughout the Development Process – Haralambos Mouratidis and Paolo Giorgini
Incorporating Social Modeling in Software Development
The Tropos Methodology and Software Development Environment – Paolo Giorgini, John Mylopoulos, Anna Perini, and Angelo Susi
Sociocentric Design of Multiagent Architectures – Manuel Kolp, Yves Wautelet, and Ste´ phane Faulkner
Integration of i* and Object-Oriented Models – Jaelson Castro, Fernanda Alencar, Victor Santander, and Carla Silva
Requirements Analysis for Run-Time Service Compositions – Enzo Colombo and John Mylopoulos
On the Use of i* for COTS Components Selection: Principles and Consequences – Xavier Franch, Enric Mayol, and Carme Quer
Ontology-Based Transformation Framework from Tropos to AORML – Renata S. S. Guizzardi and Giancarlo Guizzardi
Evaluating and Extending Social Modeling
A Reference Model for i* – Carlos Cares, Xavier Franch, Enric Mayol, and Carme Quer
Strengths and Weaknesses of the i* Framework: An Empirical Evaluation – Oscar Pastor, Hugo Estrada, and Alicia Martı´nez
Goal Modeling and Reasoning in Tropos – Paolo Giorgini, John Mylopoulos, and Roberto Sebastiani
Analyzing the Effectiveness of Human Activity Systems with i* – Alistair SutcliffeAppendix: Guide to Modeling Notations
About the Authors
Name Index
Subject Index