Results from Expert Survey on System Analysis Process Activities

2019
Laima Leimane, Oksana Ņikiforova

System analysis is a crucial and complex step in software engineering process, which affects the overall success of the project and quality of the project outcome. Even though Agile methods have become widely popular, these methods have no structure when it comes to requirements elicitation and specification, which can have impact on whether a project has favourable outcome. Nevertheless, regardless of the chosen approach by industry practitioners, it is important to identify, which activities are currently performed, and analyse the causes and possible issues, which are encountered. The paper presents results from expert survey on the importance of activities related to requirements elicitation, analysis and specification process and the use of tools to support this process. Delphi method, which is used to evaluate the responses, is described. Lists of activities are ranked according to importance and additional information on expert responses is given in the paper. The information can give an insight into the activities and tools that are used in the industry.

Keywords
Delphi method, expert survey, framework, system analysis.
DOI
10.2478/acss-2019-0018
Hyperlink
https://doi.org/10.2478/acss-2019-0018

Leimane, L., Ņikiforova, O. Results from Expert Survey on System Analysis Process Activities. Applied Computer Systems, 2019, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 141-149. ISSN 2255-8683. e-ISSN 2255-8691. Available from: doi:10.2478/acss-2019-0018

Publication language
English (en)