Collaborative requirements elicitation using elicitation tool for small projects

Understanding the requirements of a problem is among the toughest tasks that a software engineer faces. Requirement elicitation is often a significant activity which explores stakeholder's requirements. The difficult task for an analyst throughout the activity is to make sure effective communication with the users. The common causes for errors in systems are due to poor communication between user and analyst. Another flaw that happens in elicitation is poor identification of the stakeholders of the system. This paper proposes an elicitation tool which helps the user to visualize their requirements and specify it more clearly and precisely. Within the planned paper we are giving importance to proper identification of stakeholders using the StakeRare method proposed by Soo Ling Lim and etal. Identifying the appropriate stakeholders is equally important as eliciting the correct requirements of the system. Elicitation tool is an effortless one that visually aids the user to state their needs more accurately as it is more practical for the user to imagine by seeing instead of hearing. This tool can be used by the analyst as an aid to gather requirements in a more efficient manner compared to other existing methods.