The Mobile Scenario Presenter: integrating contextual inquiry and structured walkthroughs

Abstract

Rapid advances in the capabilities of mobile computing devices provide new opportunities to overcome limitations with existing desktop-based requirements engineering tools. In particular mobile tools allow analysts to take acquisition, analysis and modelling tools to the stakeholders in their workplace, with potential benefits for requirements completeness and correctness. In this paper we describe the Mobile Scenario Presenter, an extension to the ART-SCENE environment designed to undertake scenario walkthroughs in the workplace using mobile computing devices, report some lessons learned during the design of the tool, and discuss future research directions.