A Requirements-based Framework for the Analysis of Socio-technical System Behaviour

Hall, Jon G. and Silva, Andres (2003). A Requirements-based Framework for the Analysis of Socio-technical System Behaviour. Technical Report 2003/04; Department of Computing, The Open University.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21954/ou.ro.00016010

Abstract

Requirements Engineering's theoretical and practical developments typically look forward to the future (i.e. a system to be built). Under certain conditions , however, they can also be used for the analysis of problems related to actual systems in operation. Building on the Jackson/Zave reference model [2] for requirements and specifications, this paper presents a framework useful for the prevention , analysis and communication of designer and operator errors and, importantly, their subtle interactions , so typical in complex socio-technical systems .