Using i* Meta Modeling for Verifying i* Models

The i* Framework has been regarded as a suitable organizational modeling approach for representing early requirements of complex software systems. Intentionality in organizational context is the aim of i* Framework. We believe that a general lack of awareness about the i* language is the main reason for some authors mistakes including the lack of focus on intentionality. Aiming to help changing this scenario we made an exercise of modeling i* modeling using only i* concepts. Considering that building any diagram is more difficult than reading it we propose to use the i* meta model as basis for a series of check-list based questions. Based on the meta-model these questions work as a check-list for building an i* model, or if used after model creation as a basis for check-list reading as per Fagan’s inspection. We believe our contribution relies on providing a systematic and well founded way of improving i* models quality.