Requirements Engineering for Computer Integrated Environments in Construction

Foreword Preface Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Definitions 1.2 Why Requirements Engineering Is Needed for the CIE Development 1.3 How the Requirements Engineering Approach Is Formulated Chapter 2 Requirements Engineering in Software Development 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Requirements Engineering 2.3 Requirements Fundamentals and Principles 2.4 Requirements Engineering Process Chapter 3 Computer Integrated Environments 3.1 Introduction 3.2 The Construction Industry and its Features 3.3 The Scope and Roles of CIE in Construction 3.4 Implementation of CIE in the Construction Industry 3.5 The CIE Case Study Project 1 3.6 The CIE Case Study Project 2 3.7 The CIE Case Study 3 3.8 The CIE Case Study 4 Chapter 4 Requirements Engineering in CIE Development for the Construction Industry 4.1 Introduction 4.2 CIE Systems from Technological Perspective 4.3 Requirements Engineering in the CIE Community 4.4 Interviews in the Construction CIE Community Chapter 5 Evaluation of Requirements Engineering Processes 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Improving the Requirements Engineering Process 5.3 Measuring the Success of Requirements Engineering Process 5.4 Comparative Analysis and Evaluation Chapter 6 Requirements Engineering Approach in the Case Study Projects 6.1 Introduction 6.2 The Need for the CIE System As a BIM Tool 6.3 The Requirements Engineering Process 6.4 The Requirements Deliverables from Use Case Modelling 6.5 The Requirements Deliverables from Contextual Design Technique 6.6 The Requirements Deliverables from the Incremental Prototyping with the User Tests 6.7 Critical Analysis and Reflections of the Requirements Engineering in DIVERCITY Chapter 7 Evaluation of the Requirements Engineering Practices 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Scope of the Evaluation and Assessment Model 7.3 The Evaluation and Assessment in Case Study 3 7.4 Survey Results and Evaluation Chapter 8 Mastering the Requirements Engineering Practices 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Project Start-off 8.3 Requirements Elicitation 8.4 Building a Shared Understanding 8.5 Visioning and Process Modelling (Storyboarding) 8.6 System Design 8.7 Use Case and Object Modelling with UML 8.8 Incremental Prototyping with the End User Tests as an Agile Process 8.9 Summary of Mastering the Requirements Engineering Process Chapter 9 Evaluation of the Proposed Requirements Engineering Framework 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Internal (Dependent) Evaluation 9.3 External (Independent) Evaluation Chapter 10 Summary and Conclusion 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Contribution to Knowledge Society 10.3 Main Conclusions 10.4 Recommendations for the Future Index