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Requirements Elicitation in the Context of Software for Low-Functioning Autistic People: An Initial Proposal of Specific Supporting Artifacts

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Jonathas Santos,

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SBES '21: Proceedings of the XXXV Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering

Pages 291 - 296

https://doi.org/10.1145/3474624.3477065

Published: 05 October 2021 Publication History

SBES '21: Proceedings of the XXXV Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering

Requirements Elicitation in the Context of Software for Low-Functioning Autistic People: An Initial Proposal of Specific Supporting Artifacts

Pages 291 - 296

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Requirements engineering is a crucial stage for the success of any software, as it allows a better understanding of the needs and desires of the customers or future users. In software development for autistic users, inexperienced software engineers face difficulties in the requirements engineering stage, as there are few specific techniques and artifacts to gather requirements in such context. The challenges increase when considering low-functioning autistic people, who have the most severe limitations of the disorder. Considering the above, in this paper, we present two artifacts to support the elicitation of requirements in software projects for autistic users. We developed a set of interviewing questions based on the opinion of both software development practitioners and caregivers. Also, we have drawn inspiration in a commercial canvas model to synthesize relevant data obtained with the interviews. When validating the artifacts, we got indicators of the feasibility of applying the artifacts in an actual development project. By developing and integrating these artifacts, we intend to support the requirements engineering stage and continue their development and study in further contexts.

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da Silva Melo ÁOran ASilva dos Santos JTamayo SViana DRivero Lda Silva Barreto R(2022)From Requirements to Prototyping: Proposal and Evaluation of an Artifact to Support Interface Design in the Context of AutismHCI International 2022 – Late Breaking Papers: HCI for Health, Well-being, Universal Access and Healthy Aging10.1007/978-3-031-17902-0_22(307-321)Online publication date: 26-Jun-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-031-17902-0_22

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Nunes EPessoa MMaia JMelo Á(2023)Using ProAut Process to Prototype a Social Story Repository for Autistic PeopleHCI International 2023 – Late Breaking Posters10.1007/978-3-031-49212-9_24(175-182)Online publication date: 12-Dec-2023
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49212-9_24
da Silva Melo ÁOran ASilva dos Santos JTamayo SViana DRivero Lda Silva Barreto R(2022)From Requirements to Prototyping: Proposal and Evaluation of an Artifact to Support Interface Design in the Context of AutismHCI International 2022 – Late Breaking Papers: HCI for Health, Well-being, Universal Access and Healthy Aging10.1007/978-3-031-17902-0_22(307-321)Online publication date: 26-Jun-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-031-17902-0_22

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