A requirements engineering framework for integrated systems development for the construction industry

Electronic Journal of Information Technology in Construction

Volumn 11, Issue , 2006, Pages 35-55

  Arayici, Yusuf ^a   Ahmed, Vian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction industry; DIVERCITY; Prototyping; Requirements engineering, computer integrated construction; Use case modelling

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; GROUPWARE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

DIVERCITY; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING, COMPUTER INTEGRATED CONSTRUCTION; USE CASE MODELLING;

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

EID: 33645093438     PISSN: 14006529     EISSN: 14006529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Alshawi M and Faraj I (2000), Integrated construction environments: technology and implementation Construction Innovation, Vol 2, No 1.
2. Alshawi M., Putra C W, and Faraj I. (1996), A structured concept for objects life cycle in integrated environments, Microcomputers in Civil Engineering, Blackwell, 12, 339-351.
3. Aouad G. and Wafai M.H. (2002), Implementation of information technology in the construction industry: the conceptual methodology approach, 2nd International Postgraduate Research Conference in the Built and Human environment, University of Salford.
4. Aouad G., Marir F., Child T., Brandon P., and Kawooya A. (1997), A construction integrated databases- linking design, planning and estimating, International Conference on Rehabilitation and Development of civil engineering infrastructure systems, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
5. Arayici, Y, (2004), Requirements engineering in innovative systems development for the construction industry, PhD Thesis, SCPM, University of Salford, UK.
6. Arayici, Y. and Aouad, G. (2004), DIVERCITY: distributed virtual workspace for enhancing communication and collaboration within the construction iIndustry". European Conference on Product and Process Modelling in the Building and Construction Industry (ECPPM), Istanbul, Turkey, 415-422.
7. Bazjanac, (2004), Virtual building environments (VBE)-applying information modelling to buildings, Proceeding of European Conference on Product and Process Modelling in the Building and Construction Industry (ECPPM), Istanbul, Turkey, 41-48.
8. Betts M. (1999), Strategic management of IT, ISBN 0 632 04026 2, Blackwell Science.
9. Beyer H, Holtzblatt K, (1998), Contextual design, defining customer-centred sSystems, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, San Francisco.
10. Carr J. (2000), Requirements engineering and management: the key to designing quality complex systems, TQM Magazine, Vol 12, No 6, 400-407, MCB University Press, ISSN 0954-478X.
11. CHAOS Report (1995), Software development report. The Standish Group, published at www.standishgroup.com
12. CHAOS Report (2000), The Software development report. The Standish Group, published at www.standishgroup.com
13. Christiansson P, Svidt K, Skjærbæk J O, and Aaholm R, (2001) User requirements modelling in design of collaborative virtual reality design systems, International Conference on Construction Information Technology, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
14. Cysneiros, L.M., (2002), Requirements engineering in health care domain, Proceedings RE02 International Conference on Requirements Engineering, IEEE Computer Society Press, Requirements Specification. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 20(10): 760-773.
15. Divercity Handbook (2003), The Divercity Project: A virtual toolkit for construction briefing, design and management, University of Salford, UK.
16. Faraj I., Alshawi M., Aouad G., Child T. and Underwood J. (2000), An IFC web-based collaborative construction computer environment: WISPER, Proceedings of the National Conference on Objects and Integration for AEC, UK, ISBN 186081 3771.
17. Greening R. and Edwards M. (1995), ATLAS Implementation Scenario, Proceedings ECPPM'94: Product and Process Modelling in the Building Industry, Scherer (ed.), 467-472.
18. Grunbacher, P. and Briggs B. (2001), Surfacing tacit knowledge in requirements negotiation: experiences using EasyWinWin, Proceedings Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, IEEE Computer Society.
19. Hoffmann H., and Lehner F. (2001), Requirements engineering as a process factor in software projects, IEEE Software 18(4): 58-66.
20. Keil M., Cule P.E., Lyytinen K. and Schmidt R.C., (1998). A framework for identifying the software projects risks Communication of the ACM, Vol. 41, 76-83.
21. Kruchten P. (2000), The rational unified process - an introduction, Second Edition, Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-70710-1.
22. Laiserin J. (2003), AEC Interoperability and the BLIS Project, CADALYST Magazine, www.cadalyst.com/cadalyst/
23. Lee A., Ponting A.M., Aouad G., Wu S., Koh I., Fu C., Cooper R., Betts M., Michail K. and Fischer M.(2003), Developing a vision of nD-enabled construction, 3D to nD modelling project, University of Salford, UK.
24. Lundh E. and Sandberg M. (2002), Time constraint requirements engineering with extreme programming -an experience report, IEEE Joint International Requirements Engineering Conference, Essen, Germany.
25. Molina J.M. and Martinez M. (2004), XML Based data model for the Spanish AEC sector Proceeding of European Conference on Product and Process Modelling in the Building and Construction Industry (ECPPM), Istanbul, Turkey, 149-154.
26. Nikula U. (2003), Experiences from Lightweight RE Method Evaluations, IEEE International Workshop of Comparative Evaluation in Requirements Engineering, Monterey Bay, California, USA, IEEE Computer Society. 53-60.
27. Nikula U. Sajaniemi J. (2002), A Lightweight Combination of Proven RE Techniques, IEEE Joint International Requirements Engineering Conference, Essen Germany
28. Regnell B., Kimbler K., Wesslen A. (1995). Improving the use case driven approach to requirements engineering, Proceedings Second IEEE International Symposium on Requirements Engineering, York, UK.
29. Robertson S. and Robertson J. (1999), Mastering requirements engineering process, ACM Press, ISBN 0201360462, Addison Wesley.
30. Sarshar M., Christiansson P, and Winter J (2004), Towards virtual prototyping in the construction industry: the case study of the DIVERCITY project, World IT for Design and Construction (INCITE) Conference, Designing, Managing and Supporting Construction Projects through Innovation and IT solutions, Langkawi Malaysia, 581-8.
31. Sarshar M., Tanyer M., Aouad G., Underwood J.(2002), A vision for construction IT 2005-2010: two case studies, Engineering, Construction & Architectural Management, Vol 9, No 2.
32. Silva A. (2002), Requirements, domain and specifications: a viewpoint-based approach to requirements engineering. Proceedings of ICSE (IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering), IEEE computer Society Press.
33. Steinman (2004), MOBIKO, Mobile cooperation in the construction industry based on wireless technology, Proceeding of European Conference on Product and Process Modelling in the Building and Construction Industry (ECPPM), Istanbul, Turkey, 521-526.
34. Sun M. and Aouad G. (2000), Integration technologies to support organisational changes in the construction industry, 7th ISPE International conference on Concurrent Engineering, Lyon, France, 596-604.
35. Szigeti F.and Davis G. (2003), Portfolio and asset management: performance requirements and the IAI-NA PAMPer+ED project, International Centre for Facilities.
36. Tanyer A.M. (2003), Bridging the gap between research and end-users in computer integrated construction, PhD Thesis, University of Salford, UK.