Requirements Elicitation through Semantically Aware Techniques for the Subsea Oil Industry Systems Engineering

Based on an innovative application of systems engineering in the subsea oil industry, the text illustrates how Semantically Aware Retrieval and Browsing (SARB) and Simple Knowledge Organization Schemes (SKOS) have been successfully used for the first time to efficiently identify and make available concepts and requirements. The techniques focus on eliciting the semantic connections leading to implicit requirements. In addition, the methodology has been successfully applied to real time lessons learned semantic mining. The study will be expanded and applied to frontier research in requirement management and design review. The method is currently being applied for a six months trial in five major subsea oil projects to verify its performance in an industrial environment.