Exploring Risk-Awareness in i* Models

The i* modeling technique focuses on an early-phase of requirements engineering aiming at understanding how a system would meet organizational goals, how it would fit within the organizational context, why would it be needed and why should it be preferred among other possible alternatives. Analysts are able to understand early the organizational context that bridges system requirements to organizational goals. However, it is not clear how uncertainty, potential threats and opportunities are taken into account both when developing a strategic dependency model and a strategic rationale model, to facilitate a continuous risk management. This paper proposes a set of guidelines for refining i* models based on risk.