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[opensym] review of requirements - Melissa and Athos

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opensym2017/content/05-requirements.tex
1 \section{Requirements} 1 \section{Requirements}
2 \label{sec:requirements} 2 \label{sec:requirements}
3 3
4 -By preparing the evolution the SPB Portal, the Brazilian Government executed  
5 -three steps to collect the requirements. The first step consisted in order to  
6 -collect proposals using an online tool called Pligg  
7 -\footnote{\url{https://pligg.com}} and share them openly on the Internet. The  
8 -citizens were able to write proposals as well as vote on those that most  
9 -interested them. At the end of this step, the Brazilian Government collected  
10 -about 100 proposals and the initial perspective was to prioritize the most  
11 -voted of them to be implemented for the new SPB Portal. 4 +By preparing the SPB Portal evolution, the Brazilian Government has executed
  5 +three steps to collect the requirements. The first step was the collection of proposals using an online tool called Pligg and the open sharing of them on the Internet.
  6 +In this step, the citizens have written and voted on proposals they
  7 +were more interested in. At the end, the Brazilian Government collected about 100 proposals and its initial perspective was to give to the most voted ones the priority of implementation on the new SPB Portal.
12 8
13 -The second step was two open face-to-face meetings that aimed to discuss ideas  
14 -(not necessarily based on the proposals collect during the first step) to  
15 -improve the SPB Portal and its specific environments. At the first day, the 9 +The second step was two face-to-face meetings that aimed to discuss ideas (not
  10 +necessarily based on the previous collected proposals) to improve the SPB
  11 +Portal and its environments. On the first day, the
16 participants were divided in two groups to discuss (i) features and 12 participants were divided in two groups to discuss (i) features and
17 -technologies as well as (ii) user experience and ideas in general regarding to  
18 -SPB Portal. Each group generated a ``mind map'' to summarize and correlate its 13 +technologies as well as (ii) user experience and general ideas regarding the
  14 +SPB Portal. Each group has generated a ``mind map'' to summarize and to correlate its
19 ideas. During the second day, the participants were allocated in three groups 15 ideas. During the second day, the participants were allocated in three groups
20 to discuss features related to (i) the process of software evaluation and 16 to discuss features related to (i) the process of software evaluation and
21 -acceptance in the SPB Portal, (ii) the approaches to share the SPB projects,  
22 -and (iii) how to attract universities and students to collaborate to SPB 17 +acceptance in the SPB Portal, (ii) approaches to share the SPB projects,
  18 +and (iii) ways to attract universities and students to collaborate to SPB
23 projects. 19 projects.
24 20
25 -The last step was a workshop with IT representatives from a specific group at  
26 -the Government and public organizations. One more time, the objective was to  
27 -collect proposals to evolute the SPB Portal, but the discussions was not  
28 -necessarily related to the ideas provided during the first and second steps. 21 +The last step was a workshop with some IT representatives of the Federal Government and public organizations and, again, it was focused on collecting new proposals to evolve the SPB Portal.
29 22
30 -After these uncoated three steps, the Brazilian government generated a list of  
31 -145 requirements. By trying to mitigate the lack of focus from the requirement  
32 -list, we propose to release an initial version that would replace the old SPB 23 +After these unconnected three steps, the Brazilian government has generated a list of
  24 +145 requirements. In order to mitigate the lack of focus in the requirement
  25 +list, we have proposed to release an initial version to replace the old SPB
33 portal, prioritizing the following features: 26 portal, prioritizing the following features:
34 27
35 \begin{enumerate} 28 \begin{enumerate}
@@ -40,9 +33,9 @@ portal, prioritizing the following features: @@ -40,9 +33,9 @@ portal, prioritizing the following features:
40 \item Mailing lists and discussion forums. 33 \item Mailing lists and discussion forums.
41 \end{enumerate} 34 \end{enumerate}
42 35
43 -Moreover, the new SPB Portal just would work properly if there is a unique 36 +Moreover, the new SPB Portal would only work properly if there was a unique
44 authentication to use the provided features. Additionally, a unified interface 37 authentication to use the provided features. Additionally, a unified interface
45 -was an important non-functional requirement to have a better user experience in 38 +was an important non-functional requirement to provide better user experience on
46 the new platform. 39 the new platform.
47 40
48 Other requirements were in the wishlist such as an integrated search engine and 41 Other requirements were in the wishlist such as an integrated search engine and