Do requirements analysts focus on domain model fragments during elicitation? A confirmatory study

Abstract

The visibility of domain-aware element is crucially important during the
requirements elicitation and definition. Requirement analysts are not necessarily domain
experts and domain knowledge; during analyst-customer interaction or interviews, domain
elements are not easily visible and accessible to analyst.
We executed a controlled experiment with post-graduate students from computer science
department at Technical university of Madrid to observe the roots, and the factors that tend
to be a hurdle for requirement analysts. The study task was to elicit a known problem domain
from an audio file, such as messaging application using document analysis and consolidate
the elicited information from the subjects: on the on hand, from draft report and the other
hand from a questionnaire.
We will present results, conclusions from the research and analysis of factors that influenced
the visibility of elements in known problem domain. We will reproduce some graphical
comparison result from previous research work in that domain.