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2012 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
The Social Requirements Engineering (SRE) Approach to Developing a Large-Scale Personal Learning Environment Infrastructure
Authors : Effie Lai-Chong Law, Arunangsu Chatterjee, Dominik Renzel, Ralf Klamma
Published in: 21st Century Learning for 21st Century Skills
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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In this paper we reflect on the limitations of applying traditional requirements engineering approaches to the development of a large-scale PLE infrastructure, which is precisely the aim of a technology-enhanced learning project called ROLE. The Social Requirements Engineering (SRE) approach has been proposed as an appropriate alternative. The SRE process is grounded in an agent- and goal-oriented conceptual model. The implementation of SRE prototypes was structured with a five-staged requirement lifecycle: elicitation, negotiation, selection, development and feedback. We report results of the preliminary evaluation of the prototypes and lessons learnt. Several relevant issues have been identified, including the lack of a consensual understanding of key concepts, lurking within Community of Practices (CoP), and cultural differences. Possible solutions are proposed to address the issues, including templates, mandatory voting and prioritisation model.