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Activities
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and
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outcomes
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before
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April
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2010
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Significant
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effort
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has
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been
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made
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and
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a
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number
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of
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business
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analysts
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were
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involved
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in
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the
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early
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stages
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of
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the
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requirements
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elicitation
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initiative.
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This
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included
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interviews
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of
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stakeholders
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within
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and
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outside
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the
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caBIG
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community,
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as
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depicted
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by
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step
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1
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in
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Figure
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2-1
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below.
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As
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a
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result,
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a
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large
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number
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of
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requirements
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(100+)
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were
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identified
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and
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documented
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(see
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step
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2a
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in
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Figure
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2-1
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below)
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on
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this
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page:
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.
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Each
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requirement
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was
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also
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translated
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into
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a
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use
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case,
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documented
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as
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narrative
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text
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but
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structured
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in
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a
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tabular
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form,
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according
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to
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the
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NCI
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template
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(step
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2b).
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Subsequently,
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a
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further
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analysis
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was
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needed
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to
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categorize
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these
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requirements.
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An
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initial
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analysis
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suggested
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structuring
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use
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cases
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in
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several
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stories,
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namely:
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domain
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user
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stories,
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forms
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stories,
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metadata
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specialist
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stories
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and
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developer
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stories
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(step
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3).
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These
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were
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documented
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at
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on
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the
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page
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of
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this
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wiki.
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In
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addition,
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a
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user
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story
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matrix
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was
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produced
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showing
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this
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categorization
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in
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a
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tabular
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form,
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while
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also
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providing
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references
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to
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initial
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candidate
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services
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used
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to
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support
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each
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story.
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These
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candidate
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services
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are
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documented
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in
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the
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infrastructure
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category
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of
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the
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NCI
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Enterprise
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Services
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periodic
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table.
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Figure
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2-1
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below
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captures
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key
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activities
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and
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deliverables
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produced
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at
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the
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stages
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of
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the
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Requirements
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Elicitation
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effort.
Figure 2-1.
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Initial
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Stages
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of
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the
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Requirements
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Elicitation
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April-June
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2010
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activities
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-
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towards
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a
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formalization
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approach
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The
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sheer
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number
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of
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requirements,
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variety
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in
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use
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cases
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and
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the
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number
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of
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different
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users
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and
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systems
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to
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be
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developed
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to
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support
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these
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have
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highlighted
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the
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need
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to
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investigate
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formalization
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approaches.
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In
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particular,
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this
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was
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needed
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to:
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- Support
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- downstream
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- software
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- development
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- efforts
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- by
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- handing
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- over
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- use
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- case
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- descriptions
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- in
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- a
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- form
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- that
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- is
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- more
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- amenable
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- to
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- the
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- designers
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- and
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- software
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- developers;
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- the
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- aim
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- is
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- to
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- support
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- traceability
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- from
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- requirements
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- via
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- development
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- to
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- software
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- testing.
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- Support
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- easier
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- navigation
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- of
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- the
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- significant
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- body
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- of
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- requirements
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- and
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- use
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- cases
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- in
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- a
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- way
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- similar
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- to
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- the
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- existing
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- ontology-based
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- approaches;
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- this
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- is
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- needed
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- to
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- better
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- manage
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- use
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- case
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- artifacts
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- so
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- that
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- they
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- can
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- be
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- amended
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- more
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- easily
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- and
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- in
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- a
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- more
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- controlled
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- manner,
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- according
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- to
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- the
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- new
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- requirements
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- of
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- stakeholders
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- -
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- or
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- extended
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- with
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- completely
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- new
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- use
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- cases
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- as
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- new
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- business
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- requirements
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- arise.
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- Ensure
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- that
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- the
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- formalization
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- approach
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- is
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- aligned
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- with
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- the
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- new
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- SAIF
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- developments.
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In
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order
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to
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address
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these
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formalization
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requirements,
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the
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following
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two
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techniques
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and
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approaches
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were
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applied,
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as
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part
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of
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the
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subsequent
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analyses:
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- use
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- case
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- levelling
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- approach,
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- initially
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- proposed
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- by
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- A.
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- Cockburn
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- [1
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- ]
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- and
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- also
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- used
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- within
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- NCI,
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- augmented
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- with
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- the
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- use
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- of
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- UML
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- behavioural
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- semantics,
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- in
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- particular
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- sequence
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- and
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- activity
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- diagrams
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- use
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- of
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- the
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- ISO
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- RM-ODP
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- standard,
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- in
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- particular
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- the
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- Enterprise
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- Language
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- [4
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- ]
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- concept
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- of
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- community,
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- to
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- provide
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- a
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- way
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- of
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- formally
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- structuring
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- use
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- cases,
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- in
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- a
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- manner
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- suitable
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- for
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- the
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- capture
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- of
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- business
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- architecture
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- artifacts,
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- such
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- as
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- roles,
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- policies
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- and
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- processes
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These
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additional
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elements
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of
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the
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requirements
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elicitation
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effort
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are
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captured
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in
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Figure
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2-2
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below.
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They
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will
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be
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described
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in
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the
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remaining
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of
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the
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paper,
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illustrated
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through
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the
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use
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of
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a
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specific
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requirement
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and
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several
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related
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use
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cases.
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| Anchor |
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Figure 2-2.
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Requirements
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Analysis
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Roadmap
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for
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ECCF
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Traceability
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