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A '''Goal Model''' is an element of [[Requirements Engineering]] that may also be used more widely in [[Business analysis]]. Related elements include [[Stakeholder analysis]], [[Context analysis]], and [[Scenario (computing)|Scenarios]],<ref>Alexander and Beus-Dukic, 2009. Pages 17-18</ref> among other business and technical areas.

==Principles==

Goals are objectives which a system should achieve through cooperation of actors in the intended software and in the environment.<ref>L. Liu and E. Yu, “Designing information systems in social context: a goal and scenario modelling approach”, 2003 Elsevier Ltd. http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~liu/publications/ISj03.pdf</ref> Goal modeling is especially useful in the early phases of a project. Projects may consider how the intended system meets organizational goals (see also <ref>{{cite journal|last=Ellis-Braithwaite|first=R.|coauthors=Lock, R.; Dawson, R.; Haque B.|title=Towards an Approach for Analysing the Strategic Alignment of Software Requirements using Quantified Goal Graphs|journal=International Journal on Advances in Software|year=2013|volume=6|pages=119-130|url=http://arxiv.org/pdf/1307.2580v1}}</ref>), why the system is needed and how the stakeholders’ interests may be addressed.<ref>E. Yu, “Towards Modelling and Reasoning Support for Early-Phase Requirements Engineering”, 1997 IEEE</ref>

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==Bibliography==

* Alexander, Ian and Beus-Dukic, Ljerka. ''Discovering Requirements: How to Specify Products and Services''. Wiley, 2009.

* Alexander, Ian F. and Maiden, Neil. ''Scenarios, Stories, Use Cases''. Wiley, 2004.

* [[Cockburn, Alistair]]. ''Writing Effective Use Cases''. Addison-Wesley, 2001.

* [[Fowler, Martin]]. ''UML Distilled''. 3rd Edition. Addison-Wesley, 2004.

* [[van Lamsweerde, Axel]]. ''Requirements Engineering: from system goals to UML models to software specifications''. Wiley, 2009.

* Yu, Eric, Paolo Giorgini, Neil Maiden and John Mylopoulos. (editors) ''Social Modeling for Requirements Engineering''. MIT Press, 2011.

==References==

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