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Spocks and Kirks in the Requirements Universe
July-Aug. 2012 (vol. 29 no. 4)
pp. 84-85
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Neil Maiden, "Spocks and Kirks in the Requirements Universe," IEEE Software, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 84-85, July-Aug., 2012.
 
 
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publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
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Neil Maiden, City University London
Many people make decisions based on emotion, then retrospectively justify these decisions with logic. Requirements work can exploit this desire for emotional relationships.

1. S. Thew and A. Sutcliffe, "Investigating the Role of 'Soft Issues' in the RE Process," Proc. 16th IEEE Int'l Conf. Requirements Engineering, IEEE CS, 2008, pp. 63–66.
2. D.A. Norman, Emotional Design, Basic Books, 2005.
3. N. Maiden, "Requirements and Aesthetics," IEEE Software, vol. 28, no. 3, 2011, pp. 20–21.
4. M. Gobé, "Let's Brandjam to Humanise Our Brands," Design Thinking, T. Lockwood ed., Allworth Press, 2010, pp. 109–120.
5. K. Clark, and R. Smith, "Unleashing the Power of Design," Design Thinking, T. Lockwood ed., Allworth Press, 2010, pp. 47–56.

Index Terms:
logic,requirements,emotions
Citation:
Neil Maiden, "Spocks and Kirks in the Requirements Universe," IEEE Software, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 84-85, July-Aug. 2012, doi:10.1109/MS.2012.99
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