A Cinematographic 1 View of Conceptual Specifications

The development of a large information system is generally regarded as one of the most complex activities undertaken by organisations. The success of this activity is dependent on the use of a pertinent methodology for identifying the requirements on the target system and make sure that the produced system will actually meet these requirements. Thus, the first step in Requirements Engineering, namely the knowledge acquisition step, has the purpose of abstracting and conceptualising relevant parts of the application domain. The knowledge elicited during this first step is then formally specified by the use of conceptual modelling formalisms.