Artech House Technology Management and Professional Developm

By: Ralph R. Young

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30 November 2003

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A concise and thorough handbook on requirements analysis, this invaluable book is the perfect desk guide for your systems or software development work. This first-of-its-kind handbook enables you to identify the real customer requirements for your projects and control changes and additions to these requirements. The books helps you understand the importance of requirements, leverage effective requirements practices, and better utilize resources. You also learn how to strengthen interpersonal relationships and communications which are major contributors to project effectiveness.

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Non-Fiction Engineering & Technology Technology in General Engineering in General Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects Research & Information Information theory Cybernetics & Systems Theory Computing & I.T.Computer Programming & Software Development Software Engineering Computer Science

Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xv
Acknowledgments	p. xix
The Importance of Requirements	p. 1
What Are Requirements and Why Are They Important?	p. 1
Why Plan?	p. 3
A Suggested Strategy	p. 3
Requirements Activities in the System Life Cycle	p. 3
Investment in the Requirements Process	p. 5
A Process Approach	p. 6
The Requirements Plan	p. 7
Factors Affecting Your Career Decisions	p. 10
A Comment Concerning Small Projects	p. 11
Summary	p. 11
Case Study	p. 12
References	p. 13
The Roles of the RA	p. 15
Suggested Roles of the RA	p. 15
Summary	p. 23
Case Study	p. 24
References	p. 25
Skills and Characteristics of an Effective RA	p. 27
Skills of the RA	p. 27
Characteristics of an Effective RA	p. 34
Summary	p. 42
Case Study	p. 43
References	p. 44
Types of Requirements	p. 45
Views of Requirements Types	p. 45
Definitions and Descriptions of Requirements Types	p. 48
Business Requirements	p. 49
Stated Requirements Versus Real Requirements	p. 50
User Requirements	p. 50
High-Level or System-Level Requirements	p. 50
Business Rules	p. 50
Functional Requirements	p. 51
Nonfunctional Requirements	p. 52
Derived Requirements	p. 52
Design Requirements and Design Constraints	p. 52
Performance Requirements	p. 53
Interface Requirements	p. 53
Verified Requirements	p. 53
Validated Requirements	p. 53
Qualification Requirements	p. 53
The "Ilities" and Specialty Engineering Requirements	p. 53
Unknowable Requirements	p. 54
Product Requirements	p. 54
Process Requirements	p. 54
Logistics Support Requirements	p. 54
Environmental Requirements	p. 55
System, Subsystem, and Component Requirements	p. 55
Terminologies to Avoid	p. 55
Source or Customer Requirements	p. 55
Nonnegotiable Versus Negotiable Requirements	p. 55
Key Requirements	p. 56
Originating Requirements	p. 56
Other Guidelines	p. 56
Examples of Requirements Types	p. 56
Summary	p. 57
Case Study	p. 57
References	p. 60
Gathering Requirements	p. 61
Plan the Approach	p. 62
Summary	p. 104
Case Study	p. 104
References	p. 105
Best Practices for Requirements Development and Management	p. 109
Summary	p. 123
Case Study	p. 123
References	p. 126
The RA's Specialty Skills	p. 127
Summary	p. 159
Case Study	p. 163
References	p. 164
An Integrated Quality Approach	p. 169
Business Drivers for Quality	p. 170
Management's Role	p. 170
Guiding Principles	p. 171
Priority Management	p. 172
The Components of an Integrated Quality Approach	p. 172
Quality Improvement Techniques	p. 173
The PDCA Cycle	p. 179
How to Design a Process	p. 180
Teamwork	p. 187
Summary	p. 189
Case Study: An Example of Quality Improvement Sidetracked	p. 189
References	p. 191
A Vision for Requirements Engineering	p. 193
How Should We Support PMs?	p. 197
How Should We Support Customers?	p. 198
How Should We Support Developers?	p. 198
Summary	p. 199
Case Study	p. 200
References	p. 202
Moving Forward: Knowable Requirements, Manageable Risk	p. 205
Where to Go from Here	p. 207
Moving Forward	p. 209
A Requirements Mandala	p. 212
Summary	p. 213
Case Study	p. 213
References	p. 215
Glossary	p. 217
List of Acronyms	p. 227
Bibliography	p. 233
About the Author	p. 243
Index	p. 245
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