Using multi-focus group method as an effective tool for eliciting business system requirements: Verified by a case study

Robert M. X. Wu; Yongwen Wang; Niusha Shafiabady; Huan Zhang; Wanjun Yan; Jinwen Gou; Yong Shi; Bao Liu; Ergun Gide; Changlong Kang; Zhongwu Zhang; Bo Shen; Xiaoquan Li; Jianfeng Fan; Xiangqian He; Jeffrey Soar; Haijun Zhao; Lei Sun; Wenying Huo; Ya Wang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0281603

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Using multi-focus group method as an effective tool for eliciting business system requirements: Verified by a case study

Robert M. X. Wu ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: robert_wumx@hotmail.com

¶‡ RMXW, YW and NS contributed the first authorship equally to this paper. HZ, WY and JG contributed the second authorship equally to this paper.

Affiliations School of Engineering and Technology, Central Queensland University, Sydney, Australia, School of Geography, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan, China

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1735-6797

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Yongwen Wang ,

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision

¶‡ RMXW, YW and NS contributed the first authorship equally to this paper. HZ, WY and JG contributed the second authorship equally to this paper.

Affiliation Shanxi Fenxi Mining Industry (Group) Co. Ltd, China
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Niusha Shafiabady ,

Roles Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

¶‡ RMXW, YW and NS contributed the first authorship equally to this paper. HZ, WY and JG contributed the second authorship equally to this paper.

Affiliation Faculty of Science and Technology (Sydney Campus), Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia
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Huan Zhang ,

Roles Validation, Visualization

¶‡ RMXW, YW and NS contributed the first authorship equally to this paper. HZ, WY and JG contributed the second authorship equally to this paper.

Affiliation School of Geography, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan, China
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Wanjun Yan ,

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision

¶‡ RMXW, YW and NS contributed the first authorship equally to this paper. HZ, WY and JG contributed the second authorship equally to this paper.

Affiliation Shanxi Fenxi Mining Industry (Group) Co. Ltd, China
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Jinwen Gou ,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision

¶‡ RMXW, YW and NS contributed the first authorship equally to this paper. HZ, WY and JG contributed the second authorship equally to this paper.

Affiliation Shanxi Fenxi Mining Zhongxing Coal Industry Co. Ltd, China
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Yong Shi,

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Shanxi Fenxi Mining Zhongxing Coal Industry Co. Ltd, China
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Bao Liu,

Roles Data curation, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Shanxi Fenxi Mining Zhongxing Coal Industry Co. Ltd, China
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Ergun Gide,

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation School of Engineering and Technology, Central Queensland University, Sydney, Australia
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Changlong Kang,

Roles Data curation, Resources

Affiliation Shanxi Fenxi Mining Zhongxing Coal Industry Co. Ltd, China
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Zhongwu Zhang,

Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation School of Geography, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan, China
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Bo Shen,

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation GENEW Technologies Co. Ltd, China
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Xiaoquan Li,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Guangxi University, China
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Jianfeng Fan,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization

Affiliation School of Geography, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan, China
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Xiangqian He,

Roles Resources, Software

Affiliation Shanxi Fenxi Mining Zhongxing Coal Industry Co. Ltd, China
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Jeffrey Soar,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Business, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
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Haijun Zhao,

Roles Resources, Software

Affiliation Shanxi Fenxi Mining Zhongxing Coal Industry Co. Ltd, China
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Lei Sun,

Roles Resources, Software

Affiliation Shanxi Fenxi Mining Zhongxing Coal Industry Co. Ltd, China
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Wenying Huo,

Roles Data curation, Resources

Affiliation School of Geography, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan, China
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Ya Wang

Roles Resources

Affiliation Shanxi Kailain Technology Co. Ltd, China
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Using multi-focus group method as an effective tool for eliciting business system requirements: Verified by a case study

Robert M. X. Wu,
Yongwen Wang,
Niusha Shafiabady,
Huan Zhang,
Wanjun Yan,
Jinwen Gou,
Yong Shi,
Bao Liu,
Ergun Gide,
Changlong Kang

Published: March 10, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281603

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