Model of Tools for Requirements Elicitation Process for Children’s Learning Applications

Abstract

Requirements Elicitation are the initial stages in the application development process, where a set of needs from the system will be built and obtained by communicating with stakeholders who have a direct and indirect influence on those needs. Failure in the requirements elicitation process was caused by weak communication. Communication is an essential thing in carrying out the requirements elicitation process. The selection of the right elicitation technique is not only a solution. Informants as sources of information on requirements also need to be considered. The choice of the correct technique often fails because of the tools not useful. The availability of the right form of equipment needs to be considered so that the communication between the elicitation team and the informant goes well. Children have characteristics not the same as adults. Limitations in terms of psychomotor, cognitive, and emotional children are considered in choosing elicitation techniques and tools. These limitations are also influenced by the age range of child development. The use of digital elicitation devices is recommended to be used in the requirements elicitation process. The presentation of interactive tools makes it easier for children to convey their desires. In learning applications for children, aspects of pedagogy that need to be explored are learning styles and children's thinking abilities. Every child in every age range has a different preference for learning style. That is because children do not have learning experiences. That also applies to the level of thinking ability of children. Therefore, these two things need to be appropriately explored when the learning application development process. The proposed elicitation tool model was made by taking into account both components of that pedagogical aspects. The test results of the built model show that the application has satisfaction. That means that children can communicate well in conveying the needed as requirements to the learning application.