IT capability-based business process design through service-oriented requirements engineering (2009)
Adam, S., Uenalan, O., Riegel, N., Kerkow, D.
Besides goals and regulations, IT is also considered as a driver for business process development or evolution. However, as reuse becomes increasingly important in many organizations due to return of...
Doerr, J., Kerkow, D., Landmann, D.
The usability and, more generally, the overall user-perceived quality of medical devices is an important aspect, which is often insufficiently addressed in the corresponding system development...
While adopting new technology to our lives / or adapting our lives to new technology), we regularly change habits, vocabulary and even attitudes. Thus understanding what is happening for people as...
Mitarbeiter ins Boot holen (2008)
Die Optimierung von Verwaltungsverfahren, internen Abläufen und Arbeitsaufgaben gehört in der öffentlichen Verwaltung zum Alltag. Dabei gehen organisatorische Änderungen oft Hand in Hand mit der...
Building and evaluating a pattern collection for the domain of workflow modeling tools (2008)
In this paper, we present the results of a case study conducted together with a small company that develops a workflow modeling tool. During the case study, we created a pattern collection for the...
Captivating patterns - A first validation (2007)
Is it possible to motivate users of an application through software elements? Is it also possible to do so for business applications? Having a long lasting, monotone, little challenging work task...
"Ich will, ich darf, ich mag" - Ansätze zur Gestaltung "motivierender" Software (2007)
Kohler, K., Harbich, S., Hassenzahl, M., Kerkow, D., Schmitt, H.
Im folgenden Beitrag wird ein Modell vorgestellt, dass ein erweitertes Verständnis des Begriffes Usability für den Arbeitskontext vorschlägt. Es betrachtet ergänzend zur effizienten...
In this paper we propose a functionalistic definition of User Experience. First we relate the concept of qualia, as it is used in the discussion of subjective experience in philosophy of mind to the...
Built-in user satisfaction - feature appraisal and prioritization with AMUSE (2007)
Doerr, J., Hartkopf, S., Kerkow, D., Landmann, D., Amthor, P.
In today's world, the users of software-based products demand a lot. They want the systems to offer the needed functionality, show high performance and, at the same time, be usable and trustworthy....
Exploring the characteristics of NFR methods - a dialogue about two approaches (2007)
Herrmann, A., Kerkow, D., Doerr, J.
It is not easy to choose a method for eliciting, detailing and documenting non-functional requirements (NFR) among the variety of existing methods. In order to explore typical characteristics of such...
Total control of user experience in software development - a software engineering dream? (2006)
In this paper we present a preliminary version of a software engineering approach to gain control over the User Experience (UX) during development time. We show results of an exploratory study with...
Non-functional requirements in industry - three case studies adopting the ASPIRE NFR method (2005)
Doerr, J., Kerkow, D., Koenig, T., Olsson, T., Suzuki, T.
Non-functional characteristics of products can be essential for business success and are a key differentiator between a company and its competitors. This paper presents the application of a...
Kohler, K., Kerkow, D., Hess, S., Schmid, K.
Der vorliegende Bericht beschreibt die Ergebnisse einer Arbeit, die im Rahmen der KMU Forschungslaborplattform des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz innerhalb des Clusters "Produktlinien und...
Denger, C., Olsson, T., Kerkow, D., Koenig, T.
This document describes the ForPics process in detail. First, we present the graphical representation of the process and second, we describe the elements of this graphical process description in more...
Non-functional requirements in industry - three case studies adopting the ASPIRE NFR method (2005)
Doerr, J., Kerkow, D., Koenig, T., Olsson, T., Suzuki, T.
Non-functional characteristics of products can be essential for business success and are a key differentiator between a company and its competitors. This paper presents the application of a...
Paech, B., Denger, C., Kerkow, D., Knethen, A. Von
In this book chapter, we discuss in detail the challenges that have to be faced by requirements engineering for technical products. We identified these challenges in interviews that we conducted at a...
Elicitation and documentation of non-functional requirements for sociotechnical systems (2005)
Kerkow, D., Doerr, J., Paech, B., Olsson, T., Koenig, T.
This chapter describes how non-functional requirements (NFR) can be elicited and documented in the context of sociotechnical systems. An approach is presented based on use cases and on quality models...
Kohler, K., Kerkow, D., Hess, S., Schmid, K.
Der vorliegende Bericht beschreibt die Ergebnisse einer Arbeit, die im Rahmen der KMU Forschungslaborplattform des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz innerhalb des Clusters "Produktlinien und Usability"...
Doerr, J., Kerkow, D., Koenig, T., Olsson, T., Suzuki, T.
Non-functional characteristics of products can be essential for business success and are a key differentiator between a company and its competitors. This paper presents the application of a...
Kerkow, D., Schmidt, K., Wiebelt, F.
This article describes the collection and derivation of requirements for the integration of usability engineering (UE) methods in software engineering (SE) processes from the perspective of small and...
Integrating software engineering and usability engineering. Workshop Proceedings (2005)
Harning, M.B., Kazman, R., Kerkow, D., Kohler, K., Gulliksen, J.
Denger, C., Olsson, T., Kerkow, D., Koenig, T.
This document describes the ForPics process in detail. First, we present the graphical representation of the process and second, we describe the elements of this graphical process description in more...
How to Prototype: Eine explorative Anwendungsstudie in deutschen Unternehmen (2005)
Kühner, M., Kerkow, D., Wallach, D.
Im Rahmen einer umfassenden Studie, die in 18 deutschen Unternehmen durchgeführt wurde, wurde ermittelt ob, und vor allem wie, Prototyping in Unternehmen eingesetzt wird. Des Weiteren wurde...
UseLine: Process description and case-study (2004)
John, I., Kohler, K., Schmettow, M., Kerkow, D.
In this report we describe the results of the UseLine Project, a project that was funded by the "Stiftung Rheinland Pfalz für Innovation" under grant number 0621. In this project, the...
Non-functional requirements engineering - quality is essential (2004)
The purpose of this paper is to review the state-of-the-art in the engineering of NFR, and to define an agenda for future NFR research. Therefore we define the requirements on a NFR method, compare...
Usable product lines: Issues and requirements (2004)
John, I., Kerkow, D., Schmid, K.
In this paper we describe synergies and conflicts between the two at first sight incompatible fields Usability engineering and Product Line Engineering. We describe how both fields can benefit from...
UseLine: Process description and case-study (2004)
John, I., Kohler, K., Schmettow, M., Kerkow, D.
In this report we describe the results of the UseLine Project, a project that was funded by the "Stiftung Rheinland Pfalz für Innovation" under grant number 0621. In this project, the interplay...
Denger, C., Kerkow, D., Knethen, A. Von, Paech, B.
In the automotive domain, the increasing complexity of software demands high-quality specifications tailored to the needs of the stakeholders involved in the development process. In particular, the...
Usability and other quality aspects derived from use cases (2003)
Kerkow, D., Kohler, K., Doerr, J.
Usability is one of several quality aspects (also named non-functional requirements) according to ISO 9126. The elicitation of those during an early phase of the development is crucial in information...
Beschreibung elektronischer Steuergeräte mit Use Cases und Statecharts (2003)
Denger, C., Paech, B., Knethen, A. Von, Kerkow, D.
In der Automobilentwicklung nimmt die Entwicklung von Software einen immer höheren Stellenwert ein. Die Komplexität der Funktionalität dieser Software erfordert insbesondere einen auf die...
Eliciting efficiency requirements with use cases (2003)
Doerr, J., Kerkow, D., Knethen, A. Von, Paech, B.
Non-functional requirements provide the glue between functional requirements and architectural decisions. Thus, it is important to elicit and specify the non-functional requirements precisely. In...
An experience-based approach for integrating architecture and requirements engineering (2003)
Paech, B., Knethen, A. Von, Doerr, J., Bayer, J., Kerkow, D., Kolb, R., ...
Deriving requirements and architecture in concert implies the joint elicitation and specification of the problem and the structure of the solution. In this paper we argue that such an integrated...
Auf dem Weg zu messbaren Wartungsanforderungen (2003)
Doerr, J., Kerkow, D., Knethen, A. Von, Paech, B.
Dieser Artikel beschreibt, wie nichtfunktionale Anforderungen verfeinert und messbar beschrieben werden können. Dabei werden einerseits Abhängigkeiten zu funktionalen Anforderungen und der...
Eliciting efficiency requirements with use cases (2003)
J. Dörr, D. Kerkow, A. Von Knethen, B. Paech
Non-functional requirements provide the glue between functional requirements and architectural decisions. Thus, it is important to elicit and specify the nonfunctional requirements precisely. In...
Eliciting efficiency requirements with use cases (2003)
J. Dörr, D. Kerkow, A. Von Knethen, B. Paech
Non-functional requirements provide the glue between functional requirements and architectural decisions. Thus, it is important to elicit and specify the nonfunctional requirements precisely. In...
Richtlinien - Von Use Cases zu Statecharts in 7 Schritten (2002)
Denger, C., Kerkow, D., Knethen, A. Von, Medina Mora, M., Paech, B.
Dieses Dokument beschreibt Richtlinien, um aus einem mit Use Cases beschriebenen Anforderungsdokument systematisch Statecharts zu erstellen. Die Richtlinien wurden anhand einer Fallstudie eines...
Richtlinien - Von Use Cases zu Statecharts in 7 Schritten (2002)
Denger, C., Kerkow, D., Knethen, A. Von, Medina Mora, M., Paech, B.
Dieses Dokument beschreibt Richtlinien, um aus einem mit Use Cases beschriebenen Anforderungsdokument systematisch Statecharts zu erstellen. Die Richtlinien wurden anhand einer Fallstudie eines...