A Facilitator Method for Upstream Design Activities with Diverse Stakeholders

Abstract

This paper presents a method that can be used for the elicitation and specification of requirements and high-level design. It supports stakeholder-based modeling, rapid feasibility feedback to marketing, and the interpersonal dynamics that are necessary to develop a product. The method centers on the role of the facilitator, an independent agent whose purpose is to build the Integrated System Model (ISM). The ISM is the product of merging the independent system views from all stakeholders at any given abstraction level. Formulation of this method was based on the real-world experience of developing a complex, high-technology medical product with critical time-to-market pressures. It has proven to be a practical approach to the evolution of requirements definition and provides a necessary link to the marketing aspect of a product.

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA454620

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  • Alexander L. Wolf
  • Regina M. Gonzales

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  • University of Colorado Boulder

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