Requirements engineering for e-Government services: A citizen-centric approach andcase study
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https://doi.org/10.46243/jst.2021.v6.i06.pp206-216Keywords:
Requirements engineeringe-Government e-Services User-centered designAbstract
Throughout the last decade, user involvement in e-Government service design has been virtually non- existent. Over time, e-Government experts began to realize that these services would benefit from a citizen- centric requirements engineering approach which has led to a demand for such an approach for this particular field. This article presents a citizen-centric approach towards user requirements engineering for eGovernment services. It utilizes interviews and citizen walkthroughs of low-fidelity prototypes. A case study of a social support portal illustrates the approach and shows the need for repeated citizen inquiry, as the implementation of user requirements in low-fidelity prototype design is not always accepted by prospective end-users.
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