User Manual for Motivational Model Editor

About Motivational Models

Motivational models arose from goal models and agent-oriented methods described in Sterling, L. and Taveter, K. The Art of Agent Oriented Modeling, MIT Press, 2009. Motivational models present a hierarchical structure of the goals of the system at a high-level of abstraction. The models capture roles of system stakeholders, the functional goals of the system, the quality goals of the system, and emotional goals, which represent both the positive feelings people want to have when interacting with the system, and possible concerns.

Benefits of Motivational Modelling

The models benefit your organisation by having a conversation starter which reflects the organisational or project purpose and tolerates ambiguity. The model can be used later to help clarify purpose and resolve later conflicts in conversation. The models represent a resource a resource to be referred to throughout the lifecycle of a project and can be useful for explaining to clients, and for introducing new members of staff into a project.

Enhancing communication

A motivational model facilitates communication between diverse stakeholders. Our high-level models are easy to understand and have been tested with hundreds of projects.

Allowing for Ambiguity

It is difficult for multiple stakeholders to understand their differences at the outset of a project. Allowing ambiguity during initial discussions and then later resolution is helpful for positive collaboration.

Encouraging Emotional engagement

A key factor for the success of a project is having participants emotionally engaged. Being explicit on emotional expectations from the outset encourages positive participation from people involved.

About AMMBER

AMMBER stands for "A Motivational Model Builder For Essential Requirements", which is an open source react web application dedicated to create an environment that helps people learn about and create motivational models with ease. It also supports digitally exporting and importing digital copies of motivational models.

Getting started

On the menu page, click the "Create Model" to get started on building your own motivational model: