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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Population targeted requirements acquisition

Tuure TuunaneKen Peffers

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Knowledge managementComputer sciencePopulationpopulationsysteemityö02 engineering and technologyLibrary and Information Sciencesnascent design theoryDiffusion of innovationsdesign science researchrequirements acquisition020204 information systemsSynchronicity0502 economics and business0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringInformation systemeducationtietojärjestelmätkäyttäjätutkimusta113education.field_of_studybusiness.industry05 social sciencesFunctional requirementPersonal construct theoryvaatimustenhallintaDesigntheoryDesign science researchbusiness050203 business & managementInformation Systems

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ABSTRACTWe use social science theories, design science research methodology, and our experience in five development projects to design principles for selecting or adapting requirements acquisition (RA) techniques for use with populations of customers and users. The information systems (IS) literature has not systematically focused on the adaption of RA techniques to particular populations. We developed a nascent design theory for RA to target specific populations to define functional requirements for new IS. Five reference theories – personal construct theory, theory of disability, diffusion of innovations, social actor theory, and media richness and information synchronicity theory – support the design. The theory was evaluated iteratively with five client organisations, involving more than 200 participants.

https://doi.org/10.1080/0960085x.2018.1476015