Requirements development: stages of opportunity for collaborative needs discovery

We consider the process of requirements development in participatory design through discussion of a design case study, In our project, a group of teachers and system designers initially set out to create a virtual physics laboratory. Through the course of a series of participatory design activities, the nature of our project requirements has evolved. We reflect upon this process this both from the standpoint of understanding requirements development and of managing requirement development work activity.

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