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1 1 Topics for surveys and assignments Finding requirements for leisure services PM&RG Product Modelling and Realisation Group Laboratory of Information Processing Science Department of Computer Science and Engineering Helsinki University of Technology P.O.Box 5400, FIN HUT, Finland

2 2 Assigment

3 3 Assignments About 3 persons per group Applying the knowledge of methods gathered in the literature survey phase Task is to gather requirements for a service for a mobile or ubicomp community The requirements must be defined in such detail that that they can be forwarded to programmers for implementation Potential user groups are existing and future mobile and ubicomp communities like teenagers, sports club, bikers, bird watchers, cinema club...

4 4 Assignments Each group applies selects a specific method for capturing the requirements from users or customers. First phase: study the user group and its needs with a specific method like hobbyism, contextual inquiry, variety of user-centred methods etc. Second phase: Refine the results of the first phase by the requirements engineering methods In your plan and your report you must define the process and specific methods completely. This is only a skeleton. In the seminar assignment www page there will be instructions

5 5 Topics for the assignments Swimmers Home entertainment and automation Kyudo archery Music community mikseri.net Other topics

6 6 Topic: Swimmers Target group Semi-pro swimmers Katja Koivu can arrange connection with the group Potential method Hobbyism (requires participation of Katja Koivu) Initial input Training database for the coach. Pulse counter could upload information to the database. Also swimming trip meters and pedometers could be used. Training information could be put to wrist computer and various kinds of graphs could be used to illustrated the results of the training.

7 7 Topic: Home entertainment and automation Target group Home entertainment network enthusiasts Ilkka Pirttimaa has volunteered to the target group Potential method Contextual design Initial input a nifty little home entertainment network based on modularity, open source contextual interview about their seriously cutting edge, innovative and just nifty home entertainment networks connecting cars and toasters, doorbells and the television requires participation of Robin Lauren

8 8 Topic: Kyudo archery Target group Archers Hannu H. Kari could provide access to his kyudo club Potential method Contextual inquiry Initial input The kyudo archers have cross-country competitions, in which they go to e.g. forest or some other place to compete in marksmanship. Neither the competitors nor the audience cannot get intermediate scores during the competition. In addition to the scores, also how the competitors shoot and what else happens in the competition would be interesting and bring additional excitement.

9 9 Topic: Music community mikseri.net Target group Music community Tomi Saarinen could provide contact to the user group Potential method Hobbyism (requires participation of Tomi) or contextual inquiry Initial input Services for users of

10 10 Topic: Target group Potential method Initial input ************

11 11 Assignment schedule Introduction of the assignment topics DL: Forming the group DL: Group assignment topic application Presentations of the assignment plans DL: assignment plans Presentations of preliminary results DL: Final report v0.5 DL: Final version of the presentation for the final event DL: Final report v0.9 Presentations in the final event DL: Final report v1.0 NOTICE: Always check the timetable www page The dates presented here are subject to change.

12 12 Literature survey

13 13 Literature survey Every group makes a literature survey on a topic that is related to assignment The survey gives a background and necessary skills for the assignments. Based on books, scientific journals, conference articles, and maybe on good and reliable web sources Follows the form of academic publication Abstract, Introduction, Background, [Content], Conclusions, References More information:

14 14 Schedule for the literature survey The topics are chosen on PM&RG proposes potential topics Students may propose own topics Checkpoints for the literature survey Submission of a draft version of the literature survey Submission of the final literature survey Presentation of the literature survey The survey has to be finished, reviewed and accepted by PM&RG before the group can continue to next phase

15 15 Literature survey topics Choose one of the following Hobbyism for gathering user needs Contextual inquiry for gathering user needs User-centred methods for finding user needs Then combine your selection with Requirements engineering Research how to obtain information about the needs of the users by a methodology you selected in the first part. Then research how to generate requirements from that information. Write a literature survey on the methods, their relation and conclude how to combine them.

16 16 Sources for the literature study Sources for the each approach are proposed in the following You may search additional references or propose replacements

17 17 Sources for the literature study User-centred analysis of needs Sari Kujala's homepage Redish, J. and Wixon, J. (2003). Task analysis. In J. A. Jacko and A. Sears (Eds.) The human-computer interaction handbook: fundamentals, evolving technologies, and emerging applications. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, pp Hackos, J. and Redish, J. (1998). User and Task Analysis for Interface Design. New York: John Wiley & Sons. Material of course T Requirements engineering

18 18 Sources for the literature study Contextual inquiry Beyer, Holtzblatt, Contextual design : defining customercentered systems, ISBN , part 1 Hobbyism Kotro Tanja, Hobbyist Knowing in Product Development, Desirable Objects and Passion for Sports in Suunto Corporation, 206 p, 2005, ISBN:

19 19 Sources for the literature study Requirements engineering Kotonya G. and I. Sommerville, Requirements Engineering, Processes and Techniques, John Wiley & Sons, Robertson Suzanne and James, Mastering the Requirements Process, Addison-Wesley, 1999 Sommerville I. and P. Sawyer, Requirements Engineering: A Good Practice Guide, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 1997.

20 20 Further DENZIN N K & LINCOLN Y S: HANDBOOK OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

21 21 NOTICE Always check the www pages for details home page: timetable: The dates presented in powerpoints are subject to change.

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