Identification of non-functional requirements of intermediary organization: an exploratory research by multi case study approach
Subject Areas :hani vahdani 1 , mir saman pishvaee 2 * , Mohammadreza Rasouli 3
1 - University of Science and Technology
2 - Iran University of Science and Technology
3 -
Keywords: non-functional requirements intermediary organization Business network networking,
Abstract :
In the current era, presence in collaboration networks and interaction with other organizations become a crucial issue for business. As a matter fact a new type of business model known as intermediary organizations was formed in this environment. The main functionality of these kind of businesses are identification and empowerment of an Industry’s member and matchmaking and intermediating among theme. In spite of explaining the necessity and functions of intermediary organizations in literature, a comprehensive study has not been conducted in the scope of non-functional requirements that will clarify the design and formation requirements of these organizations. The main aim of this research is to identify non-functional requirement of intermediary organization in order to simplify the design, initiation and operation of these business models. Therefore a list of non-functional requirement is extracted from literature review; after that an exploratory research is conducted based on a multi case study in order to identify an initial list of non-functional requirement. In order to achieve the comprehensiveness in research results, four case studies have been reviewed in different fields. Finally, the non-functional requirements which identified from literature review and case studies were reviewed and ranked by survey of experts.
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