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A method to help end‐users validate the functional specification for a computer system
Author(s) -
Moynihan T.,
O'Connor N.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
information systems journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.635
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1365-2575
pISSN - 1350-1917
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2575.1991.tb00036.x
Subject(s) - computer science , functional specification , construct (python library) , transformational leadership , system requirements specification , process (computing) , software engineering , specification , formal specification , programming language , software , software system , machine learning , software construction , public relations , political science
. Described is a method to help users for a proposed computer system validate the functional specification for that system. Users construct an objectoriented model of the proposed functionality from the specification. The process of building the model improves users' understanding of the system and helps them identify any deficiencies in the specification. The method is applied to a real specification and a number of serious anomalies are found which would probably have been missed by a traditional review or walk‐through. It is concluded that the method is probably helpful, robust and reproducible for ‘transformational’ computer systems of low or moderate complexity.