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The author introduces the major concepts and underlying rationale behind requirements engineering, providing a background against which topics such as human and organizational factors and technical and hardware issues are discussed. Each chapter has clear objectives and contains exercises, practical guides and case studies all drawn from relevant and topical industrial and commercial research and development projects.
1 Introduction.- Objectives.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Why is a Requirements Stage Necessary.- 1.3 What is a Requirement.- 1.4 Requirements Engineering.- 1.5 The Requirements Engineering Process.- 1.6 The Requirements Engineer.- 1.7 Approaches to the Problem of Requirements.- 1.8 Rationale for this Book.- 1.9 Summary.- 2 The Role of Requirements Engineering Techniques.- Objectives.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 The Requirements Engineering Process.- 2.3 Human Communication Within Requirements.- 2.4 Knowledge Development.- 2.5 The Requirements Document.- 2.6 Management.- 2.7 Requirements for RE Techniques.- 2.8 The Contribution of Various Approaches.- 2.9 Summary.- 3 Specific Techniques 1: Organisational Requirements.- Objectives.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 An Illustrative Problem Situation.- 3.3 Soft Systems Methodology.- 3.4 ETHICS.- 3.5 Eason’s Approach to Information Technology and Organisational Change.- 3.6 Eason’s Techniques for Cost-Benefit Assessment of the Organisational Impact of a Technical System Proposal.- 3.7 Summary.- 4 Specific Techniques 2: Group Session Approaches.- Objectives.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 An Illustrative Problem Situation.- 4.3 Characteristics of Group Session Approaches.- 4.4 The Role of the Facilitator.- 4.5 Joint Application Design (JAD).- 4.6 Quality Function Deployment (QFD).- 4.7 Cooperative Requirements Capture (CRC).- 4.8 Summary.- 5 Specific Techniques 3: Interactive Approaches.- Objectives.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 An Illustrative Problem Situation.- 5.3 Designer-as-Apprentice.- 5.4 Focus Groups.- 5.5 Future Workshops, Metaphorical Design and Design Mock-ups.- 5.6 Prototyping.- 5.7 Cooperative Prototyping.- 5.8 Cooperative Evaluation.- 5.9 Summary.- 6 Requirements and the Customer-Supplier Relationship.- Objectives.- 6.1 Introduction.-6.2 Scenario One: An Invitation to Tender (ITT).- 6.3 Scenario Two: Responding to a Specific Customer Request.- 6.4 Scenario Three: Developing a Generic Product.- 6.5 Scenario Four: Tailoring a Product.- 6.6 Scenario Five: Responding to a Business Centre Within the Same Organisation.- 6.7 Scenario Six: Responding to the Needs of a Specific Business Function.- 6.8 Scenario Seven: Responding to the Needs of Colleagues Within the Same Business.- 6.9 Conclusions.- Appendix A: Cost-Benefit Assessment of the Organisational Impact of a Technical System Proposal.- Appendix B: Cooperative Requirements Capture CRC Stage 1: A User Guide.- Appendix C: Cooperative Evaluation: A Run-time Guide.- References.- Author Index.