TY - GEN
T1 - A Use Case based requirements specification approach to support the development of a rehabilitation system for CVD patients
T2 - 2017 IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, ISCC 2017
AU - Zampognaro, Paolo
AU - Buys, Roselien
AU - Walsh, Deirdre
AU - Woods, Catherine
AU - Melillo, Fabio
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/9/1
Y1 - 2017/9/1
N2 - Over the last years, due to the emergency of new challenges in the area of the health care domain, particular emphasis was dedicated to the application of ICT in this sector. This, in turn, stimulated the analysis over the software requirements engineering techniques and their applicability in this context. The efficient application of the use-case based technique, within the PATHway project user requirements elicitation and formalisation activities, is here described. Efficiency has been reached by means of (i) a light and progressive introduction of UCs (Use Cases) instrument to the clinical teams by exploiting informal stories (i.e. anecdotes), (ii) a careful evaluation of the best UC description structure and, finally, (iii) an introduction of co-design moments with the final users (i.e. the patients) to speed up the UCs adaptation by the two main involved teams (i.e. technical team and clinical team). The qualitative results demonstrate advantages and limits of such technique applied to the context of cardiovascular home rehabilitation. Additionally the study has highlighted a smooth integration between the distinct phases of the requirements engineering process which can lead, in general, to a return of investment.
AB - Over the last years, due to the emergency of new challenges in the area of the health care domain, particular emphasis was dedicated to the application of ICT in this sector. This, in turn, stimulated the analysis over the software requirements engineering techniques and their applicability in this context. The efficient application of the use-case based technique, within the PATHway project user requirements elicitation and formalisation activities, is here described. Efficiency has been reached by means of (i) a light and progressive introduction of UCs (Use Cases) instrument to the clinical teams by exploiting informal stories (i.e. anecdotes), (ii) a careful evaluation of the best UC description structure and, finally, (iii) an introduction of co-design moments with the final users (i.e. the patients) to speed up the UCs adaptation by the two main involved teams (i.e. technical team and clinical team). The qualitative results demonstrate advantages and limits of such technique applied to the context of cardiovascular home rehabilitation. Additionally the study has highlighted a smooth integration between the distinct phases of the requirements engineering process which can lead, in general, to a return of investment.
KW - Cardiovascular Disease
KW - Hospital
KW - Requirements Engineering
KW - Use Case
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85030549360&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ISCC.2017.8024538
DO - 10.1109/ISCC.2017.8024538
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85030549360
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications
SP - 254
EP - 259
BT - 2017 IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, ISCC 2017
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 3 July 2017 through 7 July 2017
ER -
