Prototype as a Representation in Establishing and Maintaining a Rhetorical Participation Structure

摘要

Representations are considered to be means for better communication and collaboration in determining software requirements. Uses of representations have normally been studied in artificially created situations characterized by a harmonic common interest. Representations then can be seen as props for hearing the users' voice in requirements analysis. Two episodes in a 'real world' requirements determination session are analyzed not only in a responsive but also in a rhetoric light. A high-fidelity prototype as a representation in concert with a free flow of control could be seen to hinder the democratic determination of the requirements, and to enable rhetorical persuasion.