ViViReq – Assessing the Potential of Interactive Vision Videos for Requirements Engineering
Applicant: |
Prof. Dr. Kurt Schneider |
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My role: |
Project leader |
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Funding: |
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) |
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Duration: |
2017 – 2020 |
The goal of this project is to investigate the potential of (interactive) vision videos in requirements engineering. The aim is to develop an approach to integrate vision videos into requirements engineering practice in such a way that software professionals can easily produce and use them. A special focus is to lower the inhibition threshold of software professionals towards the application, i.e., the production and use of videos. In total, three concepts for the integration of vision videos into requirements engineering are analyzed and evaluated:
- Avoid common mistakes when dealing with (vision) videos by means of a guideline that includes recommendations on areas such as data protection, film design, and requirements engineering.
- Reduce effort by integrating (vision) video production and use into existing requirements engineering practices.
- Use (vision) videos as an interactive medium. Interactively changeable (vision) videos allow requirements changes to be presented, alternatives to be compared, and evolving requirements to be accompanied and analyzed.
Through these concepts, interactive vision videos are intended to support the imagination and decision-making of all participants in order to develop a shared vision of the future system, which is essential for the success of a project. The focus is on making the use of vision videos feasible and affordable even for normal software projects, so that no advanced knowledge of video technology, dramaturgy or law is required. This in turn reduces the preparation and evaluation efforts. This constraint of simplicity in terms of knowledge and skills is radically different from other research approaches, and thus makes this approach attractive to smaller companies.