Requirements Engineering using Appreciative Inquiry for an Online Community of Caregivers of Children with Autism
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Department
Information Systems and Technology (CGU)
Publication Date
2009
Disciplines
Computer Sciences | Databases and Information Systems
Abstract
Appreciative Inquiry, commonly used in organizational development, aims to build organizations, processes or systems based on success stories using a hopeful vision for an ideal future. It produces positive results with organizational change management. We adjusted the user requirements process for an online community of caregivers of children with autism and compared it with the traditional approach. Based on case studies with 4 special education teachers, we found that Appreciative Inquiry was effective for obtaining meaningful requirements and extremely useful in encouraging buy-in with novice users. This outcome was in stark contrast to the traditional approach where our participants showed no interest in an online community. In addition to these results, we present lessons learned in adjusting the Appreciative Inquiry process for user requirements analysis.
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© 2009 Association for Computing Machinery
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DOI
10.1145/1529282.1529310
Recommended Citation
C. Gonzales, G. Leroy, and G. De Leo, "Requirements Engineering using Appreciative Inquiry for an Online Community of Caregivers of Children with Autism", 4th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, Honolulu, Hawaii, March 8-12, 2009.
