1.

Overall activity description

Themainideaispresenttotheclassroomanindustrialproblemaroundacommondomain,
soeachteamwouldfollowdifferentstandards,normsorapproachestoofferasolutiontothe
problem.

2. Problem description
2.1. Introduction
TheJapanesebasedminingcompanycalledSukitomiMetalMining(SMM),worriedabout
thesafetyoftheiremployees,wantstoimplementanextensionoftheirexistingsoftware
systemtoavoidsomesituationsinmininglocationsinChile,Peru,Australia,andSouth
Africa.

2.2. List of features

ThehumanresourcesdepartmentofSMMmadealistofthesituationsthatwanttobe
solvedwiththefinalsoftwareproduct:
Managementofemployeesandtheirpersonalinformation.Also,itisdesirableto
managethedifferentlevelsofaccessinsidethemineinadditionwitha
hardwaresoftwaresolutionwithfingerprintrecognition.
Trainingoftheoperativestaffinindustrialsecuritypolicies.Besidesthetraining,the
systemshouldletthehumanresourcesstaffevaluatestheperformanceofthetrainees
andbasedontheirresult,giveaccesstodifferentlevelsofsecurity.
Riskareamanagement,monitoringandcontrollingriskfactorstohandlethetypical
risksofthisindustrysuchunfavorablegeotechnicalconditions(presenceofpotential
instability),rockyareaswithspills,sectorsaffectedbyblastingmaterial(rockexplosion
tomakefractures)andanyotheritemsthatmayaffectthesafetyofminingoperations.
Ariskareahasauniqueid,amnemotechnicname,alistoffactorsofriskindicating
whichofthemaremonitored,leveloftrainingtoworkthereandamapwith
geolocalizedreferencesofthearealimits.Itwouldtakeinformationfromtheregistered
accidentsandfromthetrainingresult.
Registerofworkeraccidentsthroughasimpleandgraphicalway,takingnotesofthe
relevantinformationaboutaccidentsandpeople,maybespecifyingtheriskareawhere
theaccidenthappened.Ideallyitshouldlettheusersetgeoreferencedlandmarks
graphically,savingauniqueaccidentidentifier,theriskareawheretheaccident
happened,dayandtime,numberofstaffinvolvedandpersonalimpact(died,serious
wounds,lightwounds,lightwoundsandneedhospital,lightwoundsanddoesntneed
hospital,withoutwounds).
Dependingonthetechnologicalavailabilityofeachcountry,weneedtoconnectthe
systemwithlocalemergencyserviceswhenanalarmisactivated.Thealarmcanbe

launchedmanuallybyauserofthemonitoringsystemorautomaticallyactivatedby
differentalertmechanismsbasedonmonitoringsensors.
Monitoringandcontrolofriskfactorsbasedonsensorsofdifferenttypes(temperature,
environmentalconditions,electricaloverload,etc.).Definenewriskfactorsbasedon
differentsetofvariablesandrelatingthemwithautomaticalarms.
Physicallocationofmachineryandheavytoolsinsidethemine.
Traceabilitybetweeninputsandoutputs(e.g.theminebuydynamiteandlaterthey
useitforbuildotherminingareas.Itisdesirabletoknowwherethemineusethat
dynamiteandwhatistheoutputormotiveforeachexplosion)
RealTimelocation&movementofemployees,materialsandmachines

Exercise
1. Splittheclassroomin4groups:
twogroupswillactasthestakeholdergroupandwillbecomposedbypeople
fromHumanResourcesandFinancialdepartments,tradeuniondelegatesand
managers.Theyhavetoreadthefeaturelistandseeifthelistiscomplete.Be
preparedtoanswerquestionsfromtheothergroups.
theother2groupswillhavetoensurethatthefeaturesaskedbytheHuman
Resourcesdepartmentarecompleteoratleast,completeenoughtodoa
goodrequirementspecification.Ifyoufindmissingthings,youcanaskthe
stakeholdergroupinordertocompletethem.
2. Now,dissolvethestakeholdergroupandmergethemintotheothergroups.Then,
eachgroupwillexchangetheircompletedlistoffeaturesandthentheywilldothe
requirementspecification,followingoneoftheseapproaches:
IEEEStd8301998IEEERecommendedPracticeforSoftwareRequirements
Specifications
ISO/IEC/IEEE29148:2011SystemsandsoftwareengineeringLifecycle
processesRequirementsengineering
ISO/IEC25010:2011SystemsandsoftwareengineeringSystemsand
softwareQualityRequirementsandEvaluation(SQuaRE)Systemand
softwarequalitymodels