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Chapter 14
Design Requirements,
Epistemic Uncertainty,
and Solution Development
Strategies in Software Design*
Linden J. Ball
Lancaster University
Balder Onarheim and Bo T. Christensen
Copenhagen Business School
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Reprinted from Design Studies 31 (6), Ball, L.J., Onarheim, B., Christensen, B.T., Design requirements, epistemic uncer-
tainty and solution development strategies in soware design, 567–589, Copyright 2010, with permission from Elsevier.
CONTENTS
14.1 Introduction 228
14.2 Role of Requirements in Design 229
14.3 Ill-Dened versus Well-Dened Design Tasks 229
14.4 Interplay between Design Requiremen ...