TY - GEN
T1 - Shared understanding of end-users' requirements in e-Science projects
AU - Darch, Peter
AU - Carusi, Annamaria
AU - Jirotka, Marina
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The acquisition by developers of e-Science applications of a thorough understanding of the requirements of end-users has been recognized as playing a critical role in the usability of such applications. However, there is another dimension to such an understanding that also plays an important role, namely the extent to which these developers converge on a shared understanding of these requirements. This paper considers why such a shared understanding is important, and highlights possible obstacles to this that may arise in the context of e-Science projects. A research project, consisting of qualitative case studies of two projects, is being undertaken, with the goal of producing recommendations for improving shared understanding of end-users' requirements amongst developers of e-Science applications. Although the data collection is still ongoing, it is anticipated that the research will be completed, and recommendations developed, in time for the IEEE e-Science conference 2009.
AB - The acquisition by developers of e-Science applications of a thorough understanding of the requirements of end-users has been recognized as playing a critical role in the usability of such applications. However, there is another dimension to such an understanding that also plays an important role, namely the extent to which these developers converge on a shared understanding of these requirements. This paper considers why such a shared understanding is important, and highlights possible obstacles to this that may arise in the context of e-Science projects. A research project, consisting of qualitative case studies of two projects, is being undertaken, with the goal of producing recommendations for improving shared understanding of end-users' requirements amongst developers of e-Science applications. Although the data collection is still ongoing, it is anticipated that the research will be completed, and recommendations developed, in time for the IEEE e-Science conference 2009.
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U2 - 10.1109/ESCIW.2009.5407963
DO - 10.1109/ESCIW.2009.5407963
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77950111509
SN - 9781424459452
T3 - e-science 2009 - Proceedings of the 2009 5th IEEE International Conference on e-Science Workshops
SP - 125
EP - 128
BT - e-science 2009 - Proceedings of the 2009 5th IEEE International Conference on e-Science Workshops
T2 - 2009 5th IEEE International Conference on e-Science Workshops, e-science 2009
Y2 - 9 December 2009 through 11 December 2009
ER -