Concept of Operations Storyboard Tool Refinements Based on Practical Experiences

A storyboard tool has been prototyped that supports authoring, evaluating, and exporting a concept of operations and its illustrations. A requirements engineering prototype has uncovered new requirements to communicate the intended use of the storyboard tool. New designs include an elaborated help system, vertical linking of related information, and a work plan guide. The elaborated help system informs specific decisions faced by the author. Vertical linking shows authors which items are related to support consistent specification. Finally, a work plan guide reveals how authors can use the storyboard tool for the specific needs of the current project. We discuss the original approach and design along with the newly discovered requirements and designs to respond to them. Finally, we present lessons learned that we think may be applied to a wide range of software development projects.