MAMIE: A Methodology to Elicit Requirements in Inter-company Co-operative Information Systems

In this paper, we propose a methodology, namely MAMIE (from MAcro to MIcro level requirements Elictation) in order to elicit requirements for an Inter-company Co-operative Information Systems development. It is based on UML use cases and sequence diagrams: they represent understandable notations by all stakeholders and they are useful for acquiring, analyzing and modeling requirements. The sequence diagram allows also to model interaction between companies and constraints of co-operation. MAMIE methodology is also based on viewpoints which have advocated as a means of partitioning requirements as a set of partial specifications that are helpful for traceability and consistency management. Preliminary results suggest that MAMIE methodology is of valuable help to requirements engineers during elicitation process.