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We investigate how smart Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) solutions can be used for combating illegal logging and timber trade. We put together techniques from agile requirements engineering to propose a methodology for identifying user stories and associated risks and priorities and via a collaborative, participatory, single day workshop, named inception workshop. We present our findings from the first application of the method, with the active involvement of the relevant stakeholders, i.e technical and domain experts, which concluded in seven user stories.
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Athanasiadis, I.N., Anastasiadou, D., Koulinas, K., Kiourtsis, F. (2013). Identifying Smart Solutions for Fighting Illegal Logging and Timber Trade. In: Hřebíček, J., Schimak, G., Kubásek, M., Rizzoli, A.E. (eds) Environmental Software Systems. Fostering Information Sharing. ISESS 2013. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 413. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41151-9_14
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