Fairness requirements emerged with interviews

## Practice full name

Conducting exploratory interviews/focus groups to elicit fairness requirements

## About

Requirements can be elicited during interviews and focus groups. If classic requirements only are usually considered, the system could discriminate via predictions due to the fact that the fairness aspect was not taken into account. Therefore, it would be good to establish a series of fair requirements in order to ensure compliance with fairness related aspects. They could be both functional and non-functional requirements.

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## Involved topics

### Requirements elicitation phase

Gathering the requirements that must be accounted for in order to achieve a project's goal is the process that forms the foundation for its success. *Requirements elicitation* is the set of activities where information is given by stakeholders, users, and customers to be applied to the design of the initiative or the solution. The project's success depends upon the accuracy, completeness, and detail of the stakeholder requirements. Eliciting requirements not only involves obtaining documented criteria but also uncovering latent or potential needs [1].

### Interviews for requirements elicitation

Requirements elicitation interview process is a data collection technique. Basically, it has a list of questions about an interview or a project requirement. The questions are a series of project objective, steps or checklists. Essentially, each step of the elicitation interview should have a list of questions to gather information [2]. Interviews offer the analyst an opportunity to establish rapport and trust with the interviewee. By conducting a face-to-face meeting, the analyst can start a cordial relationship with the interviewee to make them feel involved in the project. Interviews allow the interviewee to respond freely and openly to questions, especially when the location is private; provide an opportunity for the analyst to ask follow-up questions or re-word the question to get instant feedback from the interviewee; present an opportunity for the analyst to observe non-verbal clues. It is not everything that an interviewee can put into words [3].

### Focus groups for requirements elicitation

A focus group is an interactive guided discussion with a carefully selected group of people (usually demographically diverse) used to obtain feedback about a product, service, or concept.  A focus group can be conducted before a launch and/or afterwards for ongoing feedback. Open-ended questions are asked to the group and participants are encouraged to respond and interact freely with other group members [4].

## Sources

1. Business Analysis: The Elicitation Process
2. Requirements Elicitation Interview Process
3. Interviews: Requirements Elicitation Technique
4. What is a focus group and how do you conduct one effectively?

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