Analysis Of IT Business Process Requirements With A Finite Automaton Based Algorithm

Abstract Communication failure between IT experts and end users who are not computer oriented leads to unsuccessful and chaotic requirement analysis. The Use Case approach even if it is a tested and useful UML method is not enough for the completion of requirement analysis since the workflow is not present at Use Case Diagrams. BORM methodology which is also tested in real life projects for requirement analysis on a business level comes to cover the weaknesses of the Use Case approach but fails in terms of standard definition of the business process workflow steps. The proposed new and modern method to business process requirement analysis is based on the transition from Use Case methodology to BORM approach and is entitled as Use Case To BORM Transformation Algorithm UCBTA. The construction of the algorithm is based on the nondeterministic finite automaton theory. The method aims to cover the gaps of the two aforementioned approaches by ensuring timely IT project termination since no task repetition caused by requirement analysis miscommunication will be required after its implementation.