Business analysts gather and interpret information regarding
organizational decision making. One source of information is the
environment in which the decision maker works in.A system for
structured observation of the environment (STROBE) was developed to
gather information on administrators and medical directors of regional
blood service organizations. Industry analysts have said that the
reliability of STROBE is high and validity is acceptable. An important
compliment to interactive techniques.So if you were gathering
requirements for a new accounting system what would you look for when
using STROBE. To start the discussion see this paper:
http://www.uwex.edu/ces/tobaccoeval/pdf/structuredobs.pdf